TY - GEN
T1 - Region-of-interest-based subtitle placement using eye-tracking data of multiple viewers
AU - Akahori, Wataru
AU - Morishima, Shigeo
AU - Hirai, Tatsunori
AU - Kawamura, Shunya
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank T. Fukusato, T. Fuji, and T. Kato (Waseda University, Japan) for their advisory. This work was supported in part by CREST, JST.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/6/17
Y1 - 2016/6/17
N2 - We present a subtitle-placement method that reduces viewer's eye movement without interfering with the target region of interest (ROI) in a video scene. Subtitles help viewers understand foreign-language videos. However, subtitles tend to attract viewers' line of sight, which cause viewers to lose focus on the video content. To address this problem, previous studies have attempted to improve viewer experiences by dynamically shifting subtitle positions. Nevertheless, in their user studies, some participants felt that the visual appearance of such subtitles was unnatural and caused them fatigue. We propose a method that places subtitles below the ROI, which is calculated by eye-tracking data from multiple viewers. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate viewer impression and compare line of sight for videos with subtitles placed by the proposed and previous methods.
AB - We present a subtitle-placement method that reduces viewer's eye movement without interfering with the target region of interest (ROI) in a video scene. Subtitles help viewers understand foreign-language videos. However, subtitles tend to attract viewers' line of sight, which cause viewers to lose focus on the video content. To address this problem, previous studies have attempted to improve viewer experiences by dynamically shifting subtitle positions. Nevertheless, in their user studies, some participants felt that the visual appearance of such subtitles was unnatural and caused them fatigue. We propose a method that places subtitles below the ROI, which is calculated by eye-tracking data from multiple viewers. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate viewer impression and compare line of sight for videos with subtitles placed by the proposed and previous methods.
KW - Accessibility
KW - Dynamic subtitles
KW - Eye-tracking
KW - Region of interest
KW - User experience
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U2 - 10.1145/2932206.2933558
DO - 10.1145/2932206.2933558
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84979991973
T3 - TVX 2016 - Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video
SP - 123
EP - 128
BT - TVX 2016 - Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 3rd ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video, TVX 2016
Y2 - 22 June 2016 through 24 June 2016
ER -