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Glasses could interpret emotions
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T.K. RandallJuly 10, 2011 ·
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A pair of glasses have been developed that can read the emotions of the person you are looking at.
The prototype device can track 24 points on a face and transmit that information to a computer that works out what those expressions mean, the results can then be displayed on a screen or spoken vocally through an earpiece. It is hoped the technology will help autistic individuals who have trouble interpreting the emotions of other people.
The glasses themselves are just a prototype. A set of frames is embedded with a camera the size of a grain of rice, which connects to a small computer about the size of a standard deck of playing cards. Tracking 24 points on the face, the camera focuses on the person opposite, transmitting information about that person’s facial tics to a software program that compares the data with a set of well-defined expressions.
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