SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AN EMOTIONAL CHARACTERISTIC OF A USER
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a display for presenting multimedia content to an associated user, wherein the multimedia content includes a media component and a metadata component;
a first camera configured to obtain viewer information, wherein the viewer information includes at least one physical characteristic associated with the viewer of the multimedia content;
a controller coupled to the display and the first camera, wherein when the display presents multimedia content to the associated user, the controller causes the first camera to capture viewer information; and
an emotional categorization module coupled to the controller, wherein the module determines at least one emotional characteristic associated with the viewer based on the captured viewer information.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for collecting viewer information associated with a user while the user is acquiring and/or viewing multimedia content. The viewer information is interpreted to determine an emotional characteristic. The emotional characteristic may be stored with the multimedia content. Interpretation of emotional characteristic can provide several gradations of user'"'"'s preference (e.g., the degree to which the user likes the content of the multimedia). It also can provide a relative degree of importance of the content to the user. Additionally, interpretation of the emotional characteristic can be made in terms of one or more specific emotions (e.g., happiness, sadness, fear, anger, etc.) evoked by the multimedia content. Emotional characteristics of other user may also be stored in the metadata of the multimedia content.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display for presenting multimedia content to an associated user, wherein the multimedia content includes a media component and a metadata component; a first camera configured to obtain viewer information, wherein the viewer information includes at least one physical characteristic associated with the viewer of the multimedia content; a controller coupled to the display and the first camera, wherein when the display presents multimedia content to the associated user, the controller causes the first camera to capture viewer information; and an emotional categorization module coupled to the controller, wherein the module determines at least one emotional characteristic associated with the viewer based on the captured viewer information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of detecting an emotional characteristic of a viewer acquiring an image and/or video through an electronic device, the method comprising:
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acquiring an image and/or video from a camera; acquiring viewer information from a detector at a time substantially contemporaneous with the step of acquiring the image and/or video, wherein the viewer information includes least one of a physical characteristic associated with the viewer; and processing the viewer information to determine at least one emotional characteristic associated with the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of detecting an emotional characteristic associated with a viewer of an electronic device while viewing multimedia content, the method comprising:
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displaying multimedia content on a display of an electronic device to an associated viewer; acquiring viewer information from a detector at a time substantially contemporaneous with the step of displaying multimedia content, wherein the viewer information includes at least one of a physical characteristic associated with the viewer; processing the viewer information to determine an emotional characteristic of the user based upon the viewer information; and storing the emotional characteristic associated with the user in metadata associated with the multimedia content in an electronic storage device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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