Wireless Face Interface: Using voluntary gaze direction and facial muscle activations for human-computer interaction

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Tuisku, Outi ^a   Surakka, Veikko ^a   Vanhala, Toni ^a,b   Rantanen, Ville ^a   Lekkala, Jukka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Facial muscle activations; Fitts' law; Human computer interaction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; EYE TRACKING; MUSCLE;

COMPUTER SCREENS; FACIAL MUSCLE ACTIVATIONS; FITTS' LAW; GAZE DIRECTION; POINTING TASKS; SELECTION TECHNIQUES; TARGET DIAMETERS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 82155186833     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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