Eye Contact Rectification in Video Conference with Monocular Camera

..................................................................................................... III PREFACE........................................................................................................VII ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...................................................................................IX LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................XI TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................XIII LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................... XIX LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................ XXI CHAPTER 1 HUMAN COMMUNICATION AND EYE CONTACT............... 1 1.1 Human communication ................................................................................................................1 1.2 Technological evolution of human communication ..................................................................1 1.3 Technology development of video conference ...........................................................................3 1.4 Deficiencies in video conferencing...............................................................................................5 1.5 Eye contact in video conferencing...............................................................................................6 1.5.1 Perception of eye contact ...........................................................................................................6 1.5.2 Significance of eye contact in video conferencing....................................................................8 1.5.3 Eye contact adaptation in video conferencing...........................................................................9 1.6 The goal and the research challenges .......................................................................................10 1.6.1 Existing challenges...................................................................................................................11 1.6.2 Eye contact rectification...........................................................................................................13 1.6.3 Scope of this study ...................................................................................................................15 1.6.4 Research questions...................................................................................................................16 1.6.5 Research hypothesis.................................................................................................................18 1.7 Thesis contribution .....................................................................................................................19 1.8 Thesis organization .....................................................................................................................20 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEWS....................................................... 23 2.1 Hardware approaches ................................................................................................................23 2.1.1 Camera in front ........................................................................................................................23 2.1.2 Semi-transparent surface..........................................................................................................25 2.1.3 Eye contact support in multiple-site ........................................................................................27 2.1.4 Tele-presence ...........................................................................................................................30