This project proposes to develop a driver simulator, which takes into account information about the user state of mind (level of attention, fatigue state, stress state). The user’s state of mind analysis is based on video data and physiological signals. Facial movements such as eyes blinking, yawning, head rotations... are detected on video data: they are used in order to evaluate the fatigue a...

A new mechanism to control attention focus formation and switching in the model of selective attention is suggested and studied. The model is based on an oscillatory neural network (ONN) with the star-like architecture and phase shifts in connections between oscillators. Attention is modelled as a dynamical mode of partial synchronisation between a particular subgroup of oscillators and the cen...

In the present study, we investigated the conditions in which rewarded distractors have the ability to capture attention, even when attention is directed toward the target location. Experiment 1 showed that when the probability of obtaining reward was high, all salient distractors captured attention, even when they were not associated with reward. This effect may have been caused by participant...

An external focus of attention enhances manual tracking performance." (Jan 2013). The present study investigated the enhancement effects of an external focus of attention (FOA) in the context of a manual tracking task, in which participants tracked both visible and occluded targets. Three conditions were compared, which manipulated the distance of the FOA from the participant as well as the ext...

Low bitrate video tele-conferencing requires adapting algorithms that may work perfectly well in a high-bitrate situation. When a slow transmission rate is unacceptable, compromise must be reached among the demands of speed, bandwidth limits and image quality. In this paper we present an approach to low bitrate video teleconferencing by focus-ing attention on important information. We show that...

Using the concepts of stimulus and response frames of scheduled Knowledge source instantiations, competi t ion among a l ternat ive responses, goals, and the desirabi l i ty of a knowledge source instantiat ion, a general attentional contro l mechanism is developed. This general focusing mechanism faci l i tates the experimental evaluation of a var iety of specific at tent ional control policie...

We address the recognition of people’s visual focus of attention (VFOA), the discrete version of gaze that indicates who is looking at whom or what. As a good indicator of addressee-hood (who speaks to whom, and in particular is a person speaking to the robot) and of people’s interest, VFOA is an important cue for supporting dialog modelling in Human-Robot interactions involving multiple person...