A method for determining eye openness with an eye tracking device is disclosed. The method may include determining, for pixels of an image sensor of an eye tracking device, during a first time period when an eye of a user is open, a first sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may also include determining, during a second time period when the eye of the user is closed, a second sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may further include determining, during a third time period, a third sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may additionally include determining that upon the third sum exceeding a fourth sum of the first sum plus a threshold amount, that the eye of the user is closed, the threshold amount is equal to a product of a threshold fraction and a difference between the first sum and the second sum.
