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Eye-S: a full-screen input modality for pure eye-based communication

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ETRA '08: Proceedings of the 2008 symposium on Eye tracking research & applications

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1344471.1344477

Published: 26 March 2008 Publication History

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To date, several eye input methods have been developed, which, however, are usually designed for specific purposes (e.g. typing) and require dedicated graphical interfaces. In this paper we present Eye-S, a system that allows general input to be provided to the computer through a pure eye-based approach. Thanks to the "eye graffiti" communication style adopted, the technique can be used both for writing and for generating other kinds of commands. In Eye-S, letters and general eye gestures are created through sequences of fixations on nine areas of the screen, which we call hotspots. Being usually not visible, such sensitive regions do not interfere with other applications, that can therefore exploit all the available display space.

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Eye-S: a full-screen input modality for pure eye-based communication
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms

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ETRA '08: Proceedings of the 2008 symposium on Eye tracking research & applications

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DOI:10.1145/1344471

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