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Compensation of Head Movements in Mobile Eye-Tracking Data Using an Inertial Measurement Unit

Larsson, Linnéa LU ; Schwaller, Andrea ; Holmqvist, Kenneth LU ; Nyström, Marcus LU orcid and Stridh, Martin LU (2014) p.1161-1167
Abstract
Analysis of eye movements recorded with a mobile eye-tracker is difficult since the eye-tracking data are severely affected by simultaneous head and body movements. Automatic analysis methods developed for remote-, and tower-mounted eye-trackers do not take this into account and are therefore not suitable to use for data where also head- and body movements are present. As a result, data recorded with a mobile eye-tracker are often analyzed manually.

In this work, we investigate how simultaneous recordings of eye- and head movements can be employed to isolate the motion of the eye in the eye-tracking data. We recorded eye-in-head movements with a mobile eye-tracker and head movements with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU).... (More)
Analysis of eye movements recorded with a mobile eye-tracker is difficult since the eye-tracking data are severely affected by simultaneous head and body movements. Automatic analysis methods developed for remote-, and tower-mounted eye-trackers do not take this into account and are therefore not suitable to use for data where also head- and body movements are present. As a result, data recorded with a mobile eye-tracker are often analyzed manually.

In this work, we investigate how simultaneous recordings of eye- and head movements can be employed to isolate the motion of the eye in the eye-tracking data. We recorded eye-in-head movements with a mobile eye-tracker and head movements with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). Preliminary results show that by compensating the eye-tracking data with the estimated head orientation, the standard deviation of the data during vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR) eye movements, was reduced from 8.0 to 0.9 in the vertical direction and from 12.9 to 0.6 in the horizontal direction. This suggests that a head compensation algorithm based on IMU data can be used to isolate the movements of the eye and therefore simplify the analysis of data recorded using a mobile eye-tracker. (Less)
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Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct Publication
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Brush, AJ ; Friday, Adrian ; Kientz, Julie and Song, Junehwa
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1161 - 1167
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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  • scopus:84908667525
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978-1-4503-3047-3
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10.1145/2638728.2641693
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English
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  abstract     = {{Analysis of eye movements recorded with a mobile eye-tracker is difficult since the eye-tracking data are severely affected by simultaneous head and body movements. Automatic analysis methods developed for remote-, and tower-mounted eye-trackers do not take this into account and are therefore not suitable to use for data where also head- and body movements are present. As a result, data recorded with a mobile eye-tracker are often analyzed manually. <br/><br>
In this work, we investigate how simultaneous recordings of eye- and head movements can be employed to isolate the motion of the eye in the eye-tracking data. We recorded eye-in-head movements with a mobile eye-tracker and head movements with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). Preliminary results show that by compensating the eye-tracking data with the estimated head orientation, the standard deviation of the data during vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR) eye movements, was reduced from 8.0 to 0.9 in the vertical direction and from 12.9 to 0.6 in the horizontal direction. This suggests that a head compensation algorithm based on IMU data can be used to isolate the movements of the eye and therefore simplify the analysis of data recorded using a mobile eye-tracker.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Linnéa and Schwaller, Andrea and Holmqvist, Kenneth and Nyström, Marcus and Stridh, Martin}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct Publication}},
  editor       = {{Brush, AJ and Friday, Adrian and Kientz, Julie and Song, Junehwa}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4503-3047-3}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1161--1167}},
  publisher    = {{Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)}},
  title        = {{Compensation of Head Movements in Mobile Eye-Tracking Data Using an Inertial Measurement Unit}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2638728.2641693}},
  doi          = {{10.1145/2638728.2641693}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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