A System for Web Browsing by Eye-Gaze Input

摘要

We have developed an eye-gaze input system for people with severe physical disabilities, such as amyotro-phic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. This system utilizes a personal computer and a home video camera to detect eye-gaze under natural light. The system detects both vertical and horizontal eye-gaze by simple image analysis, and does not require special image processing units or sensors. We also developed the platform for eye-gaze input based on our system.rnIn this paper, we propose a new Web browsing system for physically disabled computer users as an application of the platform for eye-gaze input. The proposed Web browsing system uses a method of direct indicator selection. The method categorizes indicators by their function. These indicators are hierarchized relations; users can select the felicitous function by switching indicators group. This system also analyzes the location of selectable objects on Web pages, such as hyperlink, radio button, edit box, etc. This system stores the locations of these objects, in other words, the mouse cursor skips to the object of candidate input. Therefore, it enables Web browsing at a faster pace.