Gaze Estimation Using Neural Network And Logistic Regression

Abstract

Currently, a large number of mature methods are available for gaze estimation. However, most regular gaze estimation approaches require additional hardware or platforms with professional equipment for data collection or computing that typically involve high costs and are relatively tedious. Besides, the implementation is particularly complex. Traditional gaze estimation approaches usually require systematic prior knowledge or expertise for practical operations. Moreover, they are primarily based on the characteristics of pupil and iris, which uses pupil shapes or infrared light and iris glint to estimate gaze, requiring high-quality images shot in special environments and other light source or professional equipment. We herein propose a two-stage gaze estimation method that relies on deep learning methods and logistic regression, which can be applied to various mobile platforms without additional hardware devices or systematic prior knowledge. A set of automatic and fast data collection mechanism is designed for collecting gaze images through a mobile platform camera. Additionally, we propose a new annotation method that improves the prediction accuracy and outperforms the traditional gridding annotation method. Our method achieves good results and can be adapted to different applications.