Software To Evaluate Facial Expressions Developed 77
The Technology Review site has up an article on new software that can do quantitative analysis of facial expressions, detecting whether a person is smiling. The software was developed by the Omron Corporation, and can also estimate a subject's age and gender, or verify a person's identity from a database. Though the company doesn't yet know whether it plans to release the software commercially, there are a number of obvious applications. "Omron envisions the smile software being used in marketing, perhaps to evaluate consumers' reactions to a new product or to an advertising campaign. A smile checker could also help train customer-service staff to meet Japan's legendarily high standards ... A smile in isolation is easy to detect, but the bigger challenge is to develop systems that can recognize the concerto of facial actions that make up complex expressions like confusion, fear, and disgust." Thanks to jamie for the link.
yea (Score:2, Funny)
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I'm pretty sure it already knows.
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Be sure to endow the Doll with voice synthesis (and other servos, pumps, actuators, springing action, etc...)...
Then, to borrow a line from a certain 60's show...
him: "You'll let me know if you fell pain?..."
her: "You'll be the FIRST to know..."
Vista Smile Recognition (Score:2)
Are you smiling? [Yes] [No]
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I think I'll call it a mask ©!!!
Smile detection is very simple (Score:2)
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If ignorance is bliss, we might finally see the end of AC's on slashdot!
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'Facial' Detection? (Score:2, Funny)
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Testing methods (Score:1)
Disgust as well, the system just needs to show goatse or something.
Fear is the simplest, it just takes an automatic gun and 20 seconds.
Airports (Score:1)
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Is that a happy grin or an evil grin? Is that a real poncho or a Sears poncho? I doubt this software can tell (no, I din't RTFA ass eye yam knot knew hear)
Perhaps this software will be used at the exit to a bar. If you are too happy or too sad, you are drunk.
Neither the bar owners nor the bartenders care if you're drunk, and the policeman
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Metaverse (Score:3, Insightful)
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But will it detect sarcasm? (Score:5, Funny)
Or the smile that Ballmer uses when describing Vista's security or sales milestones? The smile that Verizon execs wear when they promise "unlimited..."???
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She will not need to use a computer to detect that, fool
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As for the chairs, be sure to give them motility, so they can watch for a ballmer tirade. Then, they can run away from him.
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What are the non-enforcement uses? (Score:2)
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How can this system be used outside of law enforcement?
Sony has already developed a camera with a simpler form of "smile detection." If engaged, the camera will scan the scene for all subjects to smile and then allow the shutter sequence to fire. Seems really gimmicky (useless in practice) to me, but a new tickbox on the carton equates to sales.
Sony Smile-Detecting Camera [usatoday.com]
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There is a particularly scary application for this type of software. Imagine surveillance cameras scanning a political rally. (Putin's new Russia comes to mind, but you can insert your own favorite government here as you please.) An advanced system could detect dissent by individuals' facial expressions during the rally, and deal with it appropriately. Sometimes facial expressions happen subconsciously. You have to focus to maintain a poker-face.
</Paranoia>
From a computer-science
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Analyze This! (Score:5, Funny)
:-)
Expression analyzed: Terrorist Alert!Re: (Score:2)
@:-) terrorist
Facial profiling. Hurrah!
Am I missing something? (Score:2)
All this time, I thought marketing people didn't give a damn WHAT our reactions were to their campaigns.
Oh, wait, I get it - smiles mean 'FAIL'. They'll look for the concerto of facial actions that make up complex expressions like confusion, fear, and disgust.
Testing Methodology (Score:1)
Does it have a botox mode? (Score:2)
Immunity (Score:2)
Other application (Score:1)
the software, which is not perfect, tries to get what the other person is feeling by facial expression and they even have a camera pointing at their own face to let them know how to understand facial expressions by studying themselves.
Looking at the mouth, or eyes? (Score:3, Funny)
Probably why Japanese emoticons [pep.ne.jp] reflect their emotions with the eyes instead of the mouth.
(^_^)(^_^)
The mouth isn't smiling, but the eyes say PAAARTY!
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Normally what I see is:
(.)(.)
or if I'm at the right website,
( o )( o )
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Evil Sounding Corp Name (Score:1)
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nuances (Score:2)
Costly (Score:2)
This is very old (Score:1)
This is for airports. (Score:2)
how many innocent citizens will they harass that are simply pissed off that they have to wait in line?
how many nervous travelers are they going to waste time on?
This is really the job of a human.
the TSA is the biggest farce in the last 30 years.
Mona Lisa Analysis (Score:2)
Not so hard... (Score:2)
___stroke=true;
if(stroke)
___minAge=60;
if( ! face.movementDetected())
___minAge=90;
minAge += 32 - teeth.count();
See? It ain't so tough.
Testing the software (Score:1)
This could lead to great improvements in Eliza! (Score:2)
complex expressions? (Score:1)
Thats easy to train. Theres plenty of examples if you google for "first goatse"
Some test cases for the software... (Score:1)
2) http://www.geocities.com/calann@sbcglobal.net/dubya.jpg [geocities.com]
Research not limited to Japan (Score:1)
The project has been running for several years now and the last publications date back from 2006.
More information on the recognition of facial expressions can be found at the TU Munich under http://vision.in.tum.de/projects/mimic_recognition/ [in.tum.de].
I am really fascinated by the resear