Blue Eyes(Monitoring Human-Operator System) reating computers that know how you feel

In the future, ordinary household devices -- such as televisions, refrigerators, and ovens -- may be able to do their jobs when we look at them and speak to them. ABSTRACT: Is it possible to create a computer which can interact with us as we interact each other? For example imagine in a fine morning you walk on to your computer room and switch on your computer, and then it tells you Hey friend, good morning you seem to be a bad mood today. And then it opens your mailbox and shows you some of the mails and tries to cheer you. It seems to be a fiction, but it will be the life lead by BLUE EYES in the very near future. The basic idea behind this technology is to give the computer the human power. We all have some perceptual abilities. That is we can understand each others feelings. For example we can understand ones emotional state by analyzing his facial expression. If we add these perceptual abilities of human to computers would enable computers to work together with human beings as intimate partners. The BLUE EYES technology aims at creating computational machines that have perceptual and sensory ability like those of human beings. How can we make computers "see" and "feel"? Blue Eyes uses sensing technology to identify a user's actions and to extract key information. This information is then analyzed to determine the user's physical, emotional, or informational state, which in turn can be used to help make the user more productive by performing expected actions or by providing expected information. For example, in future a Blue Eyes-enabled television could become active when the user makes eye contact, at which point the user could then tell the television to "turn on". This paper is about the hardware, software, benefits and interconnection of various parts involved in the blue eye technology. INTRODUCTION: Animal survival depends on highly developed sensory abilities. Likewise, human cognition depends on highly developed abilities to perceive, integrate, and interpret visual, auditory, and touch information. Without a doubt, computers would be much more powerful if they had even a small fraction of the perceptual ability of animals or humans. Adding such perceptual abilities to computers would enable computers and humans to work together more as partners. Toward this end, the Blue Eyes aims at creating computational devices with the sort of perceptual abilities that people take for granted Blue eyes is being developed by the team of Poznan University of Technology& Microsoft. It makes use of the blue tooth technology developed by Ericsson. What is BlueEyes? ? BLUE EYES is a technology, which aims at creating computational machines that have perceptual and sensory abilities like those of human beings. ? The basic idea behind this technology is to give computer human power. ? For example, we can understand humans emotional state by his facial expressions. If we add these perceptual abilities to computers, we would enable them to work together with human beings as intimate partners. ? It provides technical means for monitoring and recording human-operators physiological condition. What is BlueEyes not? ? Doesnt predict nor interfere with operators thoughts. ? Cannot force directly the operator to work. How was the term blue-eyes coined? ? Blue in this term stands for Bluetooth, which enables reliable wireless communication and the Eyes because the eye movement enables us to obtain a lot of interesting and important information. How are blue and eyes related? ? As the idea is to monitor and record operators basic physiological parameters, the most important

physiological activity is the movement of eyes. ? For a computer to sense the eye movement, wiring between operator and the system is required. But, this is a serious limitation of the operators mobility and disables his operations in large control rooms. ? So utilization of wireless technology becomes essential which can be implemented through blue tooth technology. Need for blue eyes? Is it necessary to make computer function what a human brain does? ? Yes, human error is still one of the most frequent causes of catastrophes (calamity) and ecological disasters, because human contribution to the overall performance of the system is left unsupervised. ? He may not notice important changes of indications causing financial or ecological consequences, which is a threat to human life. ? Thus, its crucial that operators brain is involved in an active system supervising over the whole work time period. What can we do with blue eyes technology? ? It has the ability to gather information about you and interact with you through special techniques like facial recognition, speech recognition, etc. ? It can even understand your emotions at the touch of the mouse. ? It can verify your identity, feel your presence, and start interacting with you. ? The machine can understand what a user wants, where he is looking at, and even realize his physical or emotional states. ? It realizes the urgency of the situation through the mouse. ? For instance if you ask the computer to dial to your friend at his office, it understands the situation and establishes a connection. ? It can reconstruct the course of operators work. Key features of the system: ? Visual attention monitoring (eye motility analysis). ? Physiological condition monitoring (pulse rate, blood oxygenation). ? Operators position detection (standing, lying). ? Wireless data acquisition using Bluetooth technology. ? Real-time user-defined alarm triggering. ? Physiological data, operator's voice and overall view of the control room recording recorded data playback. How can we give computer the human power? ? It uses non-obtrusive sensing method, employing most modern video cameras and microphones to identify the users actions through the use of imparted sensory abilities. ? The blue eyes system checks the physiological parameters like eye movement, heart beat rate and blood oxygenation against abnormal and undesirable values and triggers user-defined alarms when necessary. ? Blue eyes technology requires designing a personal area network linking all the operators and the supervising system. ? As the operator using his sight and hearing, senses the state of the controlled system, the supervising system will look after his physiological condition. THE HARDWARE: ? Blue eyes system consists of a mobile measuring device called Data Acquisition Unit (DAU) and a central analytical system called Central System Unit (CSU). DATA ACQUISITION UNIT: ? It maintains Bluetooth connections. ? Gets information from the sensor. ? Sends information over the wireless connection. ? Delivers the alarm messages sent from the Central System Unit (CSU) to the operator.

? Handles personalized ID cards. ? Jazz Multisensor: CENTRAL SYSTEM UNIT: ? Maintains blue tooth connections in the other side. ? Buffers incoming sensor data. ? Performs on-line data analysis. ? Records the conclusion for further exploration. ? Provides visualization interface. THE SOFTWARE:Blue Eyes software's main task is to look after working operators' physiological condition. To assure instant reaction on the operators' condition change the software performs real time buffering of the incoming data, real-time physiological data analysis and alarm triggering. The Blue Eyes software comprises several functional modules System core facilitates the transfers flow between other system modules (e.g. transfers raw data from the Connection Manager to data analyzers, processed data from the data analyzers to GUI controls, other data analyzers, data logger etc.). ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS: ? Blue Eyes system can be applied in every working environment requiring permanent operator's attention. ? At power plant control rooms. ? At captain bridges. ? At flight control centers. ? Professional drivers. BLUE-EYES BENEFITS: Prevention from dangerous incidents Minimization of ecological consequences financial loss a threat to a human life Blue Eyes system provides technical means for monitoring and recording human-operator's physiological condition. The key features of the system are: visual attention monitoring (eye motility analysis) physiological condition monitoring (pulse rate, blood oxygenation) operator's position detection (standing, lying) wireless data acquisition using Blue tooth technology real-time user-defined alarm triggering physiological data, operator's voice and overall view of the control room recording recorded data playback Blue Eyes system can be applied in every working environment requiring permanent operator's attention: at power plant control rooms at captain bridges at flight control centers CONCLUSION: ? The wireless link between the sensors worn by the operator and the supervising system makes it possible to improve overall reliability, safety and assures proper quality of system performance. ? These new possibilities can cover areas such as industry, transportation, military command centers or operation theaters. ? Researchers are attempting to add more capabilities to computers that will allow them to interact like humans, recognize human presents, talk, listen, or even guess their feelings. ? It avoids potential threats resulting from human errors, such as weariness, oversight, tiredness. In future it is possible to create a computer which can interact with us as we interact each other with the use of blue eye technology. It seems to be a fiction, but it will be the life lead by BLUE EYES in the very near future. ordinary household devices -- such as televisions, refrigerators, and ovens -- may be able to do their jobs when we look at them and speak to them. [http://www.articlesbase.com/networks-articles/blue-eyes-monitoring-human-operator-system-420263.html]