Background: The eye features like eye-blink and eyeball movements can be used as a module in assisted living systems that allow a class of physically challenged people speaks – using their eyes. The objective of this work is to design a real-time customized keyboard to be used by a physically challenged person to speak to the outside world, for example, to enable a computer to read a story or a document, do gaming and exercise of nerves, etc., through eye features tracking Method: In a paralyzed person environment, the right-left, up-down eyeball movements act like a scroll and eye blink as a nod. The eye features are tracked using Support Vector Machines (SVMs). Results: A prototype keyboard is custom-designed to work with eye-blink detection and eyeball-movement tracking using Support Vector Machines (SVMs) and tested in a typical paralyzed person-environment under varied lighting conditions. Tests performed on male and female subjects of different ages showed results with a success rate of 92%. Conclusions: Since the system needs about 2 seconds to process one command, real-time use is not required. The efficiency can be improved through the use of a depth sensor camera, faster processor environment, or motion estimation.
On Assisted Living of Paralyzed Persons through Real-Time Eye Features Tracking and Classification using Support Vector Machines
2019-04-01
doi:10.26415/2572-004X-vol3iss1p316-333
Medical Technologies Journal; Vol 3 No 1 (2019): January-March 2019; 316-333 ; 2572-004X ; 10.26415/2572-004X-vol3iss1
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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