EyeTech Digital Systems - Eye Tracking Hardware and Software Solutions

Tracking Device in Car

Place: Mesa, AZ

Participants: Robert Chappell and Keith Jackson

Problem: Can the EyeTech eye tracking technology successfully lock onto a driver’s eye while driving a vehicle in daylight?

Test setup: The EyeTech TM3 tracking module was attached to a laptop stand and mounted on the dashboard directly in front of the driver. The stand was held in place with a spring-loaded hardware clamp. An inverter was used to run the eye tracker power supply and a laptop computer ran on its own internal battery.

Results:

• Reliably locked onto user’s eyes when his gaze was within the limits of the tracker.
• We could not discern any problems caused by sunlight.
• We drove in all directions, North, East, South, West.
• Test occurred about 10:00 a.m. on a sunny day in Mesa, Arizona.

Right-side View in Car

Conclusions:

• The tracker tested is promising for vehicle applications.
• More testing needed for different times of day and night.