6th International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services

Research Article

Eye Contact Reminder System for People with Autism

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.mobicase.2014.257796,
        author={Xi Wang and Nicholas Desalvo and Xi Zhao and Tao Feng and Katherine Loveland and Omprakash Gnawali and Larry Shi},
        title={Eye Contact Reminder System for People with Autism},
        proceedings={6th International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={MOBICASE},
        year={2014},
        month={11},
        keywords={autism eye contact reminder wearable device},
        doi={10.4108/icst.mobicase.2014.257796}
    }
    
  • Xi Wang
    Nicholas Desalvo
    Xi Zhao
    Tao Feng
    Katherine Loveland
    Omprakash Gnawali
    Larry Shi
    Year: 2014
    Eye Contact Reminder System for People with Autism
    MOBICASE
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.mobicase.2014.257796
Xi Wang1,*, Nicholas Desalvo1, Xi Zhao1, Tao Feng1, Katherine Loveland2, Omprakash Gnawali1, Larry Shi1
  • 1: University of Houston
  • 2: University of Texas, Medical School
*Contact email: wangxi101693@gmail.com

Abstract

Avoiding eye contact behavior has been characteristic of individuals with autism. Such behavior prevents intrinsic development of social and communication skills. In this paper we present a directional eye contact reminder system which reminds people with autism to generally focus their eyes in the direction of a human speaker. This device detects a speaker's voice, calculates the sound direction, and directs their eyes by displaying a prompt on the computerized-eyewear which is a Head-Mounted Display, in the direction of the speaker. The experiments demonstrate the feasibility of our prototyping system.