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. 2023 Feb 3;23(3):1701. doi: 10.3390/s23031701

Table 2.

Eye tracker acquisition parameters and their meanings.

Type Name Explanation
Basic Information Recording Timestamp (ms) Timestamp of eye tracking data
Time of Day (HH: mm: SS: ms) Recording time of eye movement data
Stimulus Recording name
Participant Participant name
Tracker Ratio (%) The ratio of the captured effective gaze point to the frame rate
Video Time (HH: mm: SS: ms) Recording time relative to video recording start time
Pupil Information Validity Left Validity of left eye pupil recognition: 0 means the recognition is successful; 1 means the recognition fails
Validity Right Validity of right eye pupil recognition: 0 means the recognition is successful; 1 means the recognition fails
Pupil Diameter Left (mm) Left eye pupil diameter
Pupil Diameter Right (mm) Right eye pupil diameter
IPD (mm) Interpupillary distance
Gaze Point Information Gaze Point Index Original gaze point index
Gaze Point X (px) Original fixation x-coordinate in pixels
Gaze Point Y (px) Original fixation y-coordinate in pixels
Gaze Point Right X (px) X-coordinate of the original gaze point of the right eye
Gaze Point Right Y (px) Y-coordinate of the original gaze point of the right eye
Gaze Point Left X (px) X-coordinate of the original gaze point of the left eye
Gaze Point Left Y (px) Y-coordinate of the original gaze point of the left eye
Fixation Index Aggregate gaze index
Fixation Point X (px) The x-coordinate of the gaze point in pixels
Fixation Point Y (px) The y-coordinate of the gaze point in pixels
Fixation Duration (ms) Gaze duration
Gaze Vector Left X The x-coordinate of the left eye gaze vector
Gaze Vector Left Y The y-coordinate of the left eye gaze vector
Gaze Vector Left Z The z-coordinate of the left eye gaze vector
Gaze Vector Right X The x-coordinate of the right eye gaze vector
Gaze Vector Right Y The y-coordinate of the right eye gaze vector
Gaze Vector Right Z The z-coordinate of the left eye gaze vector
Saccade Information Saccade Index Saccade index
Saccade Amplitude (px) Saccade amplitude, angle value
Saccade Velocity Average (px/ms) Average velocity of saccade
Saccade Single Velocity (px/ms) Average saccade velocity per frame
Saccade Velocity Peak (px/ms) Velocity peaks during saccades
Blink Information Blink Index Blink index
Blink Duration (ms) Duration of blink
Blink Eye Blink label: 0 for double wink; 1 for left wing; 2 for right wing