EyeSketch: a drawing application for gaze control

  • Authors:
  • Henna Heikkilä

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Tampere, Finland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Eye Tracking South Africa
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

We present a gaze-driven drawing application called EyeSketch. Contrary to earlier gaze-controlled drawing applications, our application utilizes drawing objects that can be moved and resized, and their colour attributes can be changed after drawing. Tool and object selections are implemented with dwell buttons. Tools for moving and resizing are controlled with gaze gestures and by closing the eyes. Our gaze gestures are simple, one-segment gestures that end outside the screen area. The gestures are used to give the direction for moving and also for the command to make the object either smaller or larger. Closing the eyes signals to the application to stop a moving object. In our evaluations, these gaze gestures were judged as a usable interaction style for the moving and resizing purpose.