| Item |
Specs |
| Tracking
Method |
Infrared video. Dark pupil.
Monocular or binocular options. |
| Software |
PC |
| Measurement
principle |
The user can select between
three methods: Pupil only, corneal reflection only, or both together. |
| Accuracy* |
Approximately 0.25° - 1.0°
visual arc |
| Spatial
resolution* |
Approximately 0.15° visual arc |
| Temporal
resolution |
selectable by the user between
60 Hz and 30 Hz. |
| Head
Movement |
Unlimited |
| Scene
Camera |
Included with the system either: |
| Color
70º horizontal field of view or |
| Black
and white 60º horizontal field of view |
| Pupil
size resolution |
Measures pupil height and width
to better than 0.03 mm instantaneous (no averaging). |
| Calibration |
Calibration is performed
relative to the pixels of the CCD array, not the image content. This is
analogous to calibrating relative to the CRT screen and not the image
displayed on it. |
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| For
accurate position of gaze, calibration is required only once per subject. New
subject setup time approximately 5 minutes. Calibration settings can be
stored and reused each time a subject returns. |
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| Easy
Slip Correction feature and re-presentation of stray calibration points. |
| Auto
threshold |
The program scans over the video
image for the pupil and / or for the corneal reflection. The luminance
threshold for discriminating these can be adjusted. The auto threshold
feature provides good threshold levels automatically. Little or no manual
adjustment required. |
| Blink
suppression |
Automatic blink detection and
suppression. |
| Data recorded |
Eye data: X, Y position of
gaze, pupil height and width, ocular torsion, delta time, total time, and
fixation durations. |
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| Asynchronous
records include: Synchronization markers, key presses, data from other
programs. |
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| Data is
stored in ASCII files. |
| Real-time communication |
Same computer: |
| Software
Developers Kit (SDK) supplies everything you need for seamless interface
between ViewPoint and your program. This includes: DLL with shared memory, .h
and .lib files plus sample source code written in C Language. |
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| Serial
port: |
| Sends
eye data packets and asynchronous packets equivalent to information in ASCII
data files at rates of up to 56K. |
| Receive
real time data from other programs and store it asynchronously into data
files. |
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| AnalogOut
option: |
| Selectable
unipolar or bipolar voltage ranges: +/- 10, 5, 2.5 |
| Selectable
data items: position of gaze (x,y), pupil (h,w), velocity (dx,dy), and raw
pupil, glint or vector data. TTL capabilities. |
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| TTL
in/out option: |
| Eight
TTL input channels are interfaced to place marker codes into the ViewPoint data file or to trigger
instructions. |
| Eight
TTL output channels that can indicate for example when the position of gaze
is inside ViewPoint region of
interest areas ROI-0 to ROI-7. |
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| Ethernet: |
| Coming
soon |
| Real-time display |
Gaze position and fixation
duration displayed over scene image as the subject views it. |
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| Real-time
pen plots of X and Y position of gaze, velocity, ocular torsion, pupil width
and pupil aspect ratio etc. |
| System
requirements: |
OS: Windows 2000, XP |
| Machine:
2.8 GHz Pentium 4 or higher |
| Athlon
XP 2800+ or higher |
| OEM
Support |
The ViewPoint software can be
configured to accommodate a wide variety of OEM hardware. Resolution and
accuracy will then depend on the OEM camera and hardware configuration. |