Smart Glasses to Monitor Intermittent Exotropia

Abstract

Across the world, an estimated one percent of the population experiences intermittent exotropia, a condition in which one eye occasionally drifts outwards independent of the other eye, which often unknowingly occurs while tired, sick, or daydreaming. In this thesis, a pair of smart glasses are presented which allows for accurate and quantitative monitoring of the angle of deviation of both eyes. This pair of smart glasses preserves the look and feel of a conventional set of glasses, making efforts to minimize size and weight, but also enabling angular eye tracking. This solution is unique in that it takes advantage of edge computing to perform angular inferencing onboard the frames of the glasses themselves, allowing for an all-in-one solution that does not require being connected to a separate phone or computer for computational inferencing. This project also has possible future applications in virtual reality control, computer input, marketing research, and accessibility improvement.