Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Ultrasensitive Mesh-Structured Position-Sensitive Detectors Enabling Eye Tracking for Human-Machine Interaction.
By Zeng P et al.·2026·School of Physics, China·View original on Europe PMC →
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Plain-English summary
This research discusses a new eye-tracking system that helps improve how people interact with machines by accurately measuring eye movements. Traditional video-based systems can be power-hungry and less efficient, but this new system uses a special type of detector that requires much less energy and can still track eye movements very precisely. It works with very low light levels, making it safe for the eyes, and can track where someone is looking at a fast rate. The study shows that this eye tracker can be used for applications like typing with your eyes or playing games. Overall, the new eye-tracking technology is promising for making human-machine interactions more efficient and effective.
Abstract
Eye tracking provides highly efficient, intuitive, and seamless human-machine interaction by measuring eye movements and revealing user attention and intention. Currently, video-based eye tracking systems, while achieving sub-degree accuracy, suffer from high power consumption due to data acquisition and processing of redundant pixels. Here, we present an energy-efficient eye-tracking system employing a position-sensitive detector (PSD) with a graphene photoconductive mesh, which operates with only four readout signals, reducing data volume by over three orders of magnitude compared to video-based systems, while achieving superior accuracy. With the synergistic effects of lateral photoelectric and interfacial gating, the mesh-structured PSD operates under eye-safe ultra-weak light (as low as 10 pW) without a detection dead zone. Leveraging the real-time, precise tracking capability of the PSD, the eye-tracking system determines gaze orientation by tracking the reflected trajectories of light beams from the cornea, achieving a 1 kHz tracking frequency and < 0.1° angular accuracy. Human-machine interaction applications such as eye-controlled typing and a Gluttonous Snake game are demonstrated using the PSD-enabled eye tracker. The PSD-based eye tracking holds significant promise for the application of human-machine interaction in miniaturized systems.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Europe PMC: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/41721594