Gesture-based eye tracking

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, images of eyes of a user;

computing, by the computing device, a vertical resting position of the eyes;

computing, by the computing device, a horizontal resting position of the eyes based on an average horizontal position of both of the eyes;

receiving, by the computing device, an image of the eyes of the user;

calculating, by the computing device, when an offset for a direction and a magnitude of the eyes is within a region in a plurality of regions;

determining, by the computing device, a command for the region; and

generating, by the computing device, a call for the command to a device to cause the command to be performed on a user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

computing boxes around the eyes of the user, wherein the boxes are used to compute the vertical resting position and the horizontal resting position.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the vertical resting position is a vertical position in the boxes.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the horizontal resting position is the average horizontal position of the eyes in the boxes.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the direction and the magnitude is an offset from a resting position that is based on the horizontal resting position and the vertical resting position.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the offset in a horizontal direction is a difference between an average of the horizontal position of the eyes from the image and the horizontal resting position.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offset in a vertical direction is a difference between an average of the vertical position of the eyes from the image and the vertical resting position.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

measuring a time in which the eyes are closed; and

mapping the time to another command.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein mapping the time to another command comprises:

mapping the time to one of a plurality of commands, wherein each of the plurality of commands is associated with a different range of times in which the eyes are closed.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether both eyes are looking in a direction towards the region;

when both eyes are looking in the direction towards the region, generating the call for the command; and

when both eyes are not looking in the direction towards the region, not generating the call for the command.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offset is determined based on an X position offset and a Y position offset of the eyes with the resting position as a center point.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating when the offset for the direction and the magnitude of the eyes is within the region comprises:

determining when the direction and the magnitude of the eyes is outside of a threshold and within the region.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the call comprises a call to an application programming interface of the device.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, that when executed, control a computer system to be operable for:

receiving images of eyes of a user;

computing a vertical resting position of the eyes;

computing a horizontal resting position of the eyes based on an average horizontal position of both of the eyes;

receiving an image of the eyes of the user;

calculating when an offset for a direction and a magnitude of the eyes is within a region in a plurality of regions;

determining a command for the region; and

generating a call for the command to a device to cause the command to be performed on a user interface.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising:

computing boxes around the eyes of the user, wherein the boxes are used to compute the vertical resting position and the horizontal resting position.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the direction and the magnitude is an offset from a resting position that is based on the horizontal resting position and the vertical resting position.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the offset in a horizontal direction is a difference between an average of the horizontal position of the eyes from the image and the horizontal resting position.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the offset in a vertical direction is a difference between an average of the vertical position of the eyes from the image and the vertical resting position.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising:

measuring a time in which the eyes are closed; and

mapping the time to another command.

20. An apparatus comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when executed, control the one or more computer processors to be operable for:

receiving images of eyes of a user;

computing a vertical resting position of the eyes;

computing a horizontal resting position of the eyes based on an average horizontal position of both of the eyes;

receiving an image of the eyes of the user;

calculating when an offset for a direction and a magnitude of the eyes is within a region in a plurality of regions;

determining a command for the region; and

generating a call for the command to a device to cause the command to be performed on a user interface.