Center of circle after perspective transformation
Xi Wang, Albert Chern, Marc Alexa

TL;DR
This paper presents a geometric method to accurately determine the center of a circular object in a projective image, improving eye tracking precision by exploiting concentric circles like the pupil and iris.
Contribution
The authors introduce a direct, robust method to compute the true center and radius ratio of concentric circles in projective images, addressing a key geometric challenge in eye tracking.
Findings
Method improves accuracy over ellipse center approximation
Evaluated on synthetic data with systematic improvements
Applicable to other tracking scenarios beyond eye tracking
Abstract
Video-based glint-free eye tracking commonly estimates gaze direction based on the pupil center. The boundary of the pupil is fitted with an ellipse and the euclidean center of the ellipse in the image is taken as the center of the pupil. However, the center of the pupil is generally not mapped to the center of the ellipse by the projective camera transformation. This error resulting from using a point that is not the true center of the pupil directly affects eye tracking accuracy. We investigate the underlying geometric problem of determining the center of a circular object based on its projective image. The main idea is to exploit two concentric circles -- in the application scenario these are the pupil and the iris. We show that it is possible to computed the center and the ratio of the radii from the mapped concentric circles with a direct method that is fast and robust in practice.…
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Taxonomy
TopicsGaze Tracking and Assistive Technology · Glaucoma and retinal disorders
