Optimization of Lacrimal Aspect Ratio for Explainable Eye Blinking

Misbah Ayoub, Andrew Abel*, Haiyang Zhang

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Abstract

Eye blinking has been studied extensively due to its wide range of potential applications. However, one under-researched field is the use of the wider lacrimal area for detection. This paper proposes a new eye blinking detection method using a novel lacrimal aspect ratio (LAR) strategy that utilises eyebrow movement and eyes. The proposed algorithm estimates facial landmarks using an automatic facial landmark detector to extract a single scalar quantity by using LAR and characterizing eye opening and closing, and to detect both partial and full blinking in each frame using a LAR threshold. We set three threshold values, –2.4 and –2.6, and –2.9, to detect blinks by each frame. Experimental results show that our approach successfully detects eye blinks and can outperform other state-of-the-art works. The utilization of LAR in detecting blinks and partial blinks demonstrates its potential to offer a novel and informative metric for researchers. This approach also opens up possibilities for further eye-related investigations, including the recognition of emotions. With its low dimensionality and easily understandable time domain features, LAR provides an effective pathway towards achieving these goals.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Systems and Applications - Proceedings of the 2023 Intelligent Systems Conference IntelliSys Volume 3
EditorsKohei Arai
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages175-192
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783031477140
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
EventIntelligent Systems Conference, IntelliSys 2023 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 7 Sept 20238 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume824 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

ConferenceIntelligent Systems Conference, IntelliSys 2023
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period7/09/238/09/23

Keywords

  • Blinking
  • Eye aspect ratio
  • Eyeblink8
  • Image processing
  • Lacrimal aspect ratio
  • TalkingFace

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