Mouse Tracker Element

Modified on 2018/08/02 23:38 by Administrator — Categorized as: Base Elements, Elements, Mouse Touch Joystick

Summary

Element Icon Mouse Tracker
Info
Category: Mouse Touch Joystick AddIn: Base Layer
Creator: OkazoLab Scope: Experiment
Owns Snippets: None Usage: Snippets

Synchronized actions

EpochActions
On Experiment Start                        Starts processing tracker samples
On Experiment Start                        Stops processing tracker samples

Properties

NameDescription                              ConstraintsTypeOn
runtime
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Settings
Input Device        Defines what pointing devices can provide input to the mouse tracker                enMous..         
Show Cursor In Calibration        Defines whether the mouse cursor is shown during the GLM calibration procedure                Boolean         
GLM Calibration
Run GLM Calibration        Runs the GLM calibration procedure, which calculates two pairs of linear coefficients for mapping of the tracker input into the screen coordinates. The calculated coefficients are automatically applied at runtime.                Boolean         
Gain X        Defines the gain coefficient for the X axis in the GLM calibration model: X='GainX'*x+OffsetX                Double         
Gain Y        Defines the gain coefficient for the Y axis in the GLM calibration model: Y='GainY'*y+OffsetY                Double         
Offset X        Defines the offset coefficient for the X axis in the GLM calibration model: X=GainX*x+'OffsetX'                Double         
Offset Y        Defines the offset coefficient for the Y axis in the GLM calibration model: Y=GainY*y+'OffsetY'                Double         
Save Calibration Now        Provides a runtime command that saves the current GLM calibration into a XML file. To run the command at runtime, assign a file name to this property.                String         
Load Calibration Now        Provides a runtime command that loads the GLM calibration values from a XML file. To run the command at runtime, assign a file name to this property.                String         
Drift Correction
Recalibrate Now        Runtime command that helps to correct drifts in tracking data.Correction is done by recalibration of the latest tracker position into a custom screen point defined by the 'Recalibration Point' property.nAs result, the offsets of the GLM calibration get adjusted (but not gains) to compensate a drift in further data.                Boolean         
Recalibration Point        Defines the screen point to which the tracker position will be recalibrated on calling 'Recalibrate Now' action. The default auto value always denotes the screen center.                clPoint         
Filters
Smoothing Ratio        Defines a ratio for the fast FIR smoothing filter, which is applied to the gaze tracking within EventIDE. The filter convolves every new tracking position with the previous ones. The property value defines a tap weight for the previous data, such that the convolution looks like: X=(Xn*(1-Ratio)+Xn-1*Ratio)/2. The value has to be positive and less than 1 (0 means no filtering).                Double         
Logging
Log Folder        Opens the dialog for selecting a local folder that will hold all tracking logs                String         
Open Log Designer        Opens a designer window where the log format can be defined.                Boolean         
Is Logging        Defines whether logging is turn on/off.The value can be changed at any moment at runtime allowing selective logging during the relevant periods only.                Boolean         
User Field        Defines the custom user data that is added to every line in the log file. The property can be used for recording varying status information (e.g. trial number) together with the tracker data. The string value may contains multiple fields separated by delimiter.                String         
Runtime
Radar Point        Returns the newest calibrated tracking position provided by the tracker at runtime                clPoint         
Control
Is Enabled        If set to false the element is completely omitted when the experiment is run                Boolean         
Title        Title of the element                String         

The Mouse tracker element records a complete trajectory of mouse movements relatively to the stimulus screen. In case of unexpected failures in recording, you may need to increase the timeout value (in ms) of DWord key 'HKEY_Current_User\Desktop\LowLevelHooksTimeout' in Windows Registry

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