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Won Oh Lee¹, Eui Chul Lee, Kang Ryoung Park

¹Division of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 215p8@hanmail.net

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Human-Computer Interaction
Biomedical Engineering

Background:

Eye-blink detection is crucial for various applications but often fails with changes in facial pose.
Existing methods struggle with non-frontal facial images and pose variations.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a robust and non-intrusive eye-blink detection method.
To overcome limitations of previous methods affected by facial pose.
To maintain accuracy across diverse facial orientations.

Main Methods:

Utilized AdaBoost face detector and Lucas-Kanade-Tomasi (LKT) for robust face/eye region detection.
Employed eye region height-to-width ratio and cumulative black pixel differences for eye state determination.
Applied illumination normalization for feature extraction robustness.
Integrated features using a Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier, adaptively selected based on facial rotation.

Main Results:

The proposed method demonstrated robustness to various facial poses.
Accurate eye state determination (open/closed) was achieved despite pose changes.
The system maintained performance across different lighting conditions.

Conclusions:

The novel eye-blink detection method significantly improves robustness to facial pose.
The combined feature approach with adaptive SVM enhances accuracy and reliability.
This technique offers a more versatile solution for camera-based blink detection systems.