Some people have sufficient blink rate, but they still suffer from dry eye. The preferred position is the right side of the right screen. You can change the position of the reminder by clicking on button "CHANGE REMINDER POSITION", the reminder shows up and you can drag and drop it where you need.
Eyeblink works on background and you interact with it by your blinks. Thanks to peripheral vision, you can easily recognize the Eyeblink reminder and you know that you just need to blink to make it go away. The reminder is a small window which rolls out from the screen corner.
If you blink frequently enough, the reminder does not even show up. The interactive reminder appears only in case of low blink rate and goes away with your next blink. For this reason, we created the interactive reminder which uses a camera. We do not want to be disturbed all the time but only when necessary. A simple reminder, which does not need a camera, appears at regular intervals for three seconds to remind user to blink. Conscious training of firm blinks can increase blink rate and alter incomplete blinks. Mostly complete blinks are important because only when the eyelids touch, the third layer of the tear film, the lipid layer, is renewed which protects the eye from tear evaporation. 2005, Available online.Įach blink renews the tear film over the eye which protects and moisturizes it. In such cases please try to follow best practices for setting up the work environment in Treatment section or try to manually adjust camera settings. a window) causes the face to be too dark to detect blinks properly. Or a strong light source in camera view (e.g.
Some built-in cameras do not work well because they adjust exposure based on the light conditions so in low light, the camera does not have sufficient capture speed to detect blinks. Thick eyeglass frame may also compromise the performance. Detection can be hindered under severe light conditions. Eyeblink uses the state-of-the-art algorithms for face, eye, and blink detection. In such case please test the blink detection performance. It can sometimes happen that the reminder does not disappear after your blink. You can find it in the GUI under settings (top left corner) ( ) then by clicking the camera icon ( ) next to the back arrow. You can use the Test blink detection live preview to be sure that blinks are detected correctly. Please, when using external screen, try to adjust the laptop's position so the camera can see your eyes properly. Many users use the built-in laptop camera which works quite fine. So even if your blink rate is sufficient you can still feel eye discomfort. For now, blink completeness cannot be distinguished by ordinary camera in real-world situations. By hovering the mouse pointer over individual blink measurements you can see its details. To see the whole blink rate history, click on the graph. The health status is calculated based on the average from the measurements within the graph. Eyeblink measures your blink rate every half an hour (camera is on for about 3 minutes) and makes statistics available to you. A healthy human blinks 10 to 15 times per minute. Eyeblink uses a camera to monitor blinks, helps to blink more, adjusts screen properties and reminds breaks and eye exercises.īesides blink completeness, maintaining sufficient blink rate helps to prevent dry eye syndrome. The tear film is not renewed and our eyes get dry. When we are focused we will blink less than usual. Blinking is related to cognitive processes. One of the main reasons is our low blink rate in front of the computer screen. Computer users often suffer from eye fatigue, dryness, soreness or even red eyes (the dry eye syndrome).