Eye tracking and eye expression decoding based on transparent, flexible and ultra-persistent electrostatic interface

Yuxiang Shi; Peng Yang; Rui Lei; Zhaoqi Liu; Xuanyi Dong; Xinglin Tao; Xiangcheng Chu; Zhong Lin Wang; Xiangyu Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39068-2

Eye tracking and eye expression decoding based on transparent, flexible and ultra-persistent electrostatic interface

Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 7;14(1):3315. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39068-2.

Authors

Yuxiang Shi^{1

2}, Peng Yang^{1

2}, Rui Lei¹, Zhaoqi Liu^{1

2}, Xuanyi Dong^{1

2}, Xinglin Tao^{1

2}, Xiangcheng Chu³, Zhong Lin Wang^{1

4}, Xiangyu Chen^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China.
² School of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
⁴ Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
⁵ CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China. chenxiangyu@binn.cas.cn.
⁶ School of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China. chenxiangyu@binn.cas.cn.

Abstract

Eye tracking provides valuable insight for analyzing visual attention and underlying thinking progress through the observation of eye movements. Here, a transparent, flexible and ultra-persistent electrostatic sensing interface is proposed for realizing active eye tracking (AET) system based on the electrostatic induction effect. Through a triple-layer structure combined with a dielectric bilayer and a rough-surface Ag nanowire (Ag NW) electrode layer, the inherent capacitance and interfacial trapping density of the electrostatic interface has been strongly enhanced, contributing to an unprecedented charge storage capability. The electrostatic charge density of the interface reached 1671.10 μC·m^-2 with a charge-keeping rate of 96.91% after 1000 non-contact operation cycles, which can finally realize oculogyric detection with an angular resolution of 5°. Thus, the AET system enables real-time decoding eye movements for customer preference recording and eye-controlled human-computer interaction, supporting its limitless potentiality in commercial purpose, virtual reality, human computer interactions and medical monitoring.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electrodes
Eye Movements*
Eye-Tracking Technology*
Humans
Static Electricity