Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks

Remote eye tracking technology has suffered an increasing growth in recent years due to its applicability in many research areas. In this paper, a video-oculography method based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for pupil center detection over webcam images is proposed. As the first contributi...

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Autores: Larumbe Bergera, Andoni, Garde Lecumberri, Gonzalo, Porta Cuéllar, Sonia, Cabeza Laguna, Rafael, Villanueva Larre, Arantxa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
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Palabra clave:Eye tracking
Pupil center detection
Convolutional neural networks
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spelling Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networksLarumbe Bergera, AndoniGarde Lecumberri, GonzaloPorta Cuéllar, SoniaCabeza Laguna, RafaelVillanueva Larre, ArantxaEye trackingPupil center detectionConvolutional neural networksRemote eye tracking technology has suffered an increasing growth in recent years due to its applicability in many research areas. In this paper, a video-oculography method based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for pupil center detection over webcam images is proposed. As the first contribution of this work and in order to train the model, a pupil center manual labeling procedure of a facial landmark dataset has been performed. The model has been tested over both real and synthetic databases and outperforms state-of-the-art methods, achieving pupil center estimation errors below the size of a constricted pupil in more than 95% of the images, while reducing computing time by a 8 factor. Results show the importance of use high quality training data and well-known architectures to achieve an outstanding performance.This research was funded by Public University of Navarra (Pre-doctoral research grant) and by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under Contract 'Challenges of Eye Tracking Off-the-Shelf (ChETOS)' with reference: PID2020-118014RB-I00MDPIIngeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de ComunicaciónIngeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio IngeniaritzarenUniversidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2454/41212reponame:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarrainstname:Universidad Pública de NavarraInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-118014RB-I00© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/412122026-06-17T12:41:47Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks
title Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks
spellingShingle Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks
Larumbe Bergera, Andoni
Eye tracking
Pupil center detection
Convolutional neural networks
title_short Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks
title_full Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks
title_fullStr Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks
title_full_unstemmed Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks
title_sort Accurate pupil center detection in off-the-shelf eye tracking systems using convolutional neural networks
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Larumbe Bergera, Andoni
Garde Lecumberri, Gonzalo
Porta Cuéllar, Sonia
Cabeza Laguna, Rafael
Villanueva Larre, Arantxa
author Larumbe Bergera, Andoni
author_facet Larumbe Bergera, Andoni
Garde Lecumberri, Gonzalo
Porta Cuéllar, Sonia
Cabeza Laguna, Rafael
Villanueva Larre, Arantxa
author_role author
author2 Garde Lecumberri, Gonzalo
Porta Cuéllar, Sonia
Cabeza Laguna, Rafael
Villanueva Larre, Arantxa
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación
Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren
Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Eye tracking
Pupil center detection
Convolutional neural networks
topic Eye tracking
Pupil center detection
Convolutional neural networks
description Remote eye tracking technology has suffered an increasing growth in recent years due to its applicability in many research areas. In this paper, a video-oculography method based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for pupil center detection over webcam images is proposed. As the first contribution of this work and in order to train the model, a pupil center manual labeling procedure of a facial landmark dataset has been performed. The model has been tested over both real and synthetic databases and outperforms state-of-the-art methods, achieving pupil center estimation errors below the size of a constricted pupil in more than 95% of the images, while reducing computing time by a 8 factor. Results show the importance of use high quality training data and well-known architectures to achieve an outstanding performance.
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