Ögonrörelsemätningssystem och bilsimulator: del 2

Part 2: Real time analysis of eye movement data within a simulator

Technical developments in the recent years mean that the recording of eye movements is possible in many different applications, among other traffic research.
At VTI, a moving-based simulator is used to study driver behaviour under different driving scenario and use of information and assistance systems (http://www.vti.se/templates/Page____2584.aspx). Eye movements are used as an indicator of the drivers’ cognitive activity and information processed. The two master works proposed aim at producing an automatic analyse program for eye tracking data and to link eye tracking data on-line inside the car simulator.

Real time analysis of eye movement data within a simulator

This part of the work is dedicated to connect the eye tracker to the car simulator visualization software. The goal is to visualise where the driver is looking on-line in the simulator screen and to identified the area of interest (AOI) looked by the driver. By connecting the eye tracker to the simulator, it will be possible to follow the drivers’ visual behaviour dynamically. The identification of the different objects on the screen could be done e.g. using hidden Markov chains.

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