scholarly journals Infrared-Based In-Vehicle Head Tracking: A Prototype for Tracking Drivers' Head Movements in Real Time

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 829-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilja T. Feldstein ◽  
Alexander Güntner ◽  
Klaus Bengler
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Head Movements ◽  
Head Tracking

Role of the Cerebellar Flocculus Region in the Coordination of Eye and Head Movements During Gaze Pursuit

2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 1614-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Belton ◽  
Robert A. McCrea
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Smooth Pursuit ◽  
Head Movements ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Head Tracking ◽  
Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements ◽  
Body Rotation ◽  
Pursuit Eye Movements ◽  
Smooth Tracking ◽  
Eye Velocity

The contribution of the flocculus region of the cerebellum to horizontal gaze pursuit was studied in squirrel monkeys. When the head was free to move, the monkeys pursued targets with a combination of smooth eye and head movements; with the majority of the gaze velocity produced by smooth tracking head movements. In the accompanying study we reported that the flocculus region was necessary for cancellation of the vestibuloocular reflex (VOR) evoked by passive whole body rotation. The question addressed in this study was whether the flocculus region of the cerebellum also plays a role in canceling the VOR produced by active head movements during gaze pursuit. The firing behavior of 121 Purkinje (Pk) cells that were sensitive to horizontal smooth pursuit eye movements was studied. The sample included 66 eye velocity Pk cells and 55 gaze velocity Pk cells. All of the cells remained sensitive to smooth pursuit eye movements during combined eye and head tracking. Eye velocity Pk cells were insensitive to smooth pursuit head movements. Gaze velocity Pk cells were nearly as sensitive to active smooth pursuit head movements as they were passive whole body rotation; but they were less than half as sensitive (≈43%) to smooth pursuit head movements as they were to smooth pursuit eye movements. Considered as a whole, the Pk cells in the flocculus region of the cerebellar cortex were <20% as sensitive to smooth pursuit head movements as they were to smooth pursuit eye movements, which suggests that this region does not produce signals sufficient to cancel the VOR during smooth head tracking. The comparative effect of injections of muscimol into the flocculus region on smooth pursuit eye and head movements was studied in two monkeys. Muscimol inactivation of the flocculus region profoundly affected smooth pursuit eye movements but had little effect on smooth pursuit head movements or on smooth tracking of visual targets when the head was free to move. We conclude that the signals produced by flocculus region Pk cells are neither necessary nor sufficient to cancel the VOR during gaze pursuit.

A New Head Tracking Method

2014 ◽  
Vol 609-610 ◽  
pp. 1532-1537
Author(s):  
Yong Jun Wang ◽  
Jing Shuo Xu ◽  
Lin Li
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Capture Rate ◽  
State Space Model ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Head Tracking ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
Inertial Method ◽  
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems ◽  
Charge Coupled Device ◽  
Target Capture

Head tracking technique plays an important role in the modern war. Because it is directly related to target capture rate. To adapt to rapid attitude position of the helmet, a novel real-time head tracking technology based on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems inertial navigation system (MEMS-INS) and Charge Coupled Device (CCD) is put forward. This method not only considers the spatial limitations of the helmet, but also takes into account the complementarity between inertial method and optical method. Firstly, the fundamental principle of head attitude measurement based on MEMS-INS/CCD is introduced. The state space model of the helmet attitude measurement is then built. In the end, feasibility of this method is validated by simulation. Simulation results show that head misalignment angle error can be estimated and reaches anticipated precision2 in 10 seconds. The helmet real-time tracking can be completed.

ACTIVE HEAD TRACKING BASED ON CHROMATIC SHAPE FITTING

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 529-544
Author(s):  
JASON Z. ZHANG ◽  
Q. M. JONATHAN WU ◽  
WILLIAM A. GRUVER
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Relative Motion ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Human Head ◽  
Head Motion ◽  
Head Tracking ◽  
Functional Modules ◽  
Current Image ◽  
Shape Fitting

This paper presents a method for tracking a human head based on the integration of camera saccade and chromatic shape fitting, which are implemented as functional modules in an active tracking system. Head motion is detected in the saccade module by extracting edges from two successive images. The position of the head in the current image is approximated as the centroid of the apparition formed by the moving edges of the target. A visual position cue is used to drive a pan/tilt camera to perform real-time saccade keeping the target in the foveal area in the image. The shape-fitting module is invoked to extract more information from the target. The shape of the target is modeled as an ellipse whose position, orientation and size are dynamically determined by shape fitting, and implemented with a color registration technique. In the proposed method, quasi real-time pursuit is achieved using a Pentium II computer in an uncontrolled environment with arbitrary relative motion between the target and camera.

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