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Tracking the Progression of Reading Using Eye-Gaze Point Measurements and Hidden Markov Models.

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Title: Tracking the Progression of Reading Using Eye-Gaze Point Measurements and Hidden Markov Models.
Authors: Bottos, Stephen1 bottos@uwindsor.ca, Balasingam, Balakumar1 singam@uwindsor.ca
Source: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement. Oct2020, Vol. 69 Issue 10, p7857-7868. 12p.
Subjects: Markov processes, Kalman filtering, Gaze, Eye tracking, Statistical models, Web designers
Abstract: In this article, we consider the problem of tracking the eye gaze of individuals while they engage in reading. In particular, we develop the ways to accurately track the line being read by an individual using commercially available eye-tracking devices. Such an approach will enable futuristic functionalities, such as comprehension evaluation, interest level detection, and user-assisting applications such as hand-free navigation and automatic scrolling. Furthermore, the proposed approach will pave the way to develop technology that may generate valuable feedback to content makers, such as web designers, authors, educators, and social media users. The existing commercial eye trackers provide an estimated location of the eye-gaze points every few milliseconds. However, these estimated gaze points are not sufficient to quantify reading progression—a specific eye-gaze activity. In this article, we propose algorithms to bridge the commercial gaze tracker outputs and informative eye-gaze patterns while reading. The proposed system consists of Kalman filters and hidden Markov models to parameterize these statistical models and to accurately detect the line being read. The proposed approach is shown to yield an improvement of 27.1% in line detection accuracy over line tracking using estimated eye-gaze points alone by the eye tracker. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:In this article, we consider the problem of tracking the eye gaze of individuals while they engage in reading. In particular, we develop the ways to accurately track the line being read by an individual using commercially available eye-tracking devices. Such an approach will enable futuristic functionalities, such as comprehension evaluation, interest level detection, and user-assisting applications such as hand-free navigation and automatic scrolling. Furthermore, the proposed approach will pave the way to develop technology that may generate valuable feedback to content makers, such as web designers, authors, educators, and social media users. The existing commercial eye trackers provide an estimated location of the eye-gaze points every few milliseconds. However, these estimated gaze points are not sufficient to quantify reading progression—a specific eye-gaze activity. In this article, we propose algorithms to bridge the commercial gaze tracker outputs and informative eye-gaze patterns while reading. The proposed system consists of Kalman filters and hidden Markov models to parameterize these statistical models and to accurately detect the line being read. The proposed approach is shown to yield an improvement of 27.1% in line detection accuracy over line tracking using estimated eye-gaze points alone by the eye tracker. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00189456
DOI:10.1109/TIM.2020.2983525