ENH: find_blinks (pupil)

[sappelhoff]

• closes https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/issues/12808

This PR is currently a draft to discuss an API for a potential find_blinks function that works on eye-tracking data.

Comments welcome -- I would also be happy for pushes to this branch, but if nobody will, then I may eventually get to implementing this, too.

to do

• [ ] consensus about API
• [ ] add function proper
• [ ] add test
• [ ] show use in example

[sappelhoff]

@larsoner @britta-wstnr @mscheltienne @drammock @AlexLepauvre @qian-chu @scott-huberty

what do you think of this suggested API?

[AlexLepauvre]

Hello everyone, apologies for the radio silence. Myself and @qian-chu got a bit sidetracked over the past few months. I will get back to it next week and follow the recommendation laid out above to bring this PR further :)

[qian-chu]

Thanks for taking the initiative and looping me in! I'm just back from a vacation and also simultaneously developing a package myself so sorry for the limited attention on this implementation. I will try to keep up with the latest development here :)

[qian-chu]

Since blink detection is usually based on pupil data, do you also think it makes more sense to put find_blinks() under _pupillometry.py?

[sappelhoff]

Since blink detection is usually based on pupil data, do you also think it makes more sense to put find_blinks() under _pupillometry.py?

would be fine by me, too.