Design of a Remote-Controlled Drone System Using Only Eye Movements

Abstract

Recently, with the aging of the population in Japan, the number of older people who require long-term care and arc forced to be bedridden is increasing. To improve their quality of life, we have designed a remote-controlled drone system using only eye movements. This system consists of a control screen, an eye-tracking device, a computer, the Internet, a joystick control device, a controller, a drone, a smartphone, and the web meeting service Zoom. This research aims to improve the design method of the joystick control device in order to develop the system using various drones. Experimental results to verify the effectiveness of the system with the joystick control device developed using the improved design method are presented.