Abstract: Projection function is widely used in eye detection for its simplicity and effectivity； however, athe specular spots caused by light reflection reduce its accurate detection rate．This paper presents an eye locating algorithm for fronta-l view face image to solve this problem．Considering the specular spots in the images, afirstly, athree eye imaging models are defined and their projection curves are analyzed．Secondly, athe detection method for each model is described．Finally, athese three models are combined and a unified detection algorithm is proposed．As the shape of standard mode'l s projection curve is symmetric parabola, ait is utilized to eliminate the specular spots' influence． Experimental results show that our method can accurately detect eye positions, aand the accurate detection rate is over 93％．