Eye-Blink Controlled Human-Computer Interface for the Disabled

In recent years there has been an increased interest in Human-Computer Interaction Systems allowing for more natural communication with machines. Such systems are especially important for elderly and disabled persons. The paper presents a vision-based system for detection of long voluntary eye blinks and interpretation of blink patterns for communication between man and machine. The blink-controlled applications developed for this system have been described, i.e. the spelling program and the eye-controlled web browser.

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