METHOD OF ASSESSING PEOPLE'S SELF-PRESENTATION AND ACTIONS TO EVALUATE PERSONALITY TYPE, BEHAVIORAL TENDENCIES, CREDIBILITY, MOTIVATIONS AND OTHER INSIGHTS THROUGH FACIAL MUSCLE ACTIVITY AND EXPRESSIONS
First Claim
1. A method of assessing an individual through facial muscle activity and expressions, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a visual recording stored on a computer-readable medium of an individual'"'"'s non-verbal responses to a stimulus, the non-verbal response comprising facial expressions of the individual, so as to generate a chronological sequence of recorded verbal responses and corresponding facial images;
(b) accessing the computer-readable medium for detecting and recording expressional repositioning of each of a plurality of selected facial features by conducting a computerized comparison of the facial position of each selected facial feature through sequential facial images;
(c) coding contemporaneously detected and recorded expressional repositionings to at least one of an action unit, a combination of action units, or at least one emotion; and
(d) analyzing the at least one of an action unit, a combination of action units, or at least one emotion to assess one or more characteristics of the individual to develop a profile of the individual'"'"'s personality in relation to the objective for which the individual is being assessed.
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Abstract
A method of assessing an individual through facial muscle activity and expressions includes receiving a visual recording stored on a computer-readable medium of an individual'"'"'s non-verbal responses to a stimulus, the non-verbal response comprising facial expressions of the individual. The recording is accessed to automatically detect and record expressional repositioning of each of a plurality of selected facial features by conducting a computerized comparison of the facial position of each selected facial feature through sequential facial images. The contemporaneously detected and recorded expressional repositionings are automatically coded to an action unit, a combination of action units, and/or at least one emotion. The action unit, combination of action units, and/or at least one emotion are analyzed to assess one or more characteristics of the individual to develop a profile of the individual'"'"'s personality in relation to the objective for which the individual is being assessed.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of assessing an individual through facial muscle activity and expressions, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a visual recording stored on a computer-readable medium of an individual'"'"'s non-verbal responses to a stimulus, the non-verbal response comprising facial expressions of the individual, so as to generate a chronological sequence of recorded verbal responses and corresponding facial images; (b) accessing the computer-readable medium for detecting and recording expressional repositioning of each of a plurality of selected facial features by conducting a computerized comparison of the facial position of each selected facial feature through sequential facial images; (c) coding contemporaneously detected and recorded expressional repositionings to at least one of an action unit, a combination of action units, or at least one emotion; and (d) analyzing the at least one of an action unit, a combination of action units, or at least one emotion to assess one or more characteristics of the individual to develop a profile of the individual'"'"'s personality in relation to the objective for which the individual is being assessed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of assessing an individual through facial muscle activity and expressions, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a visual recording stored on a computer-readable medium of an individual'"'"'s non-verbal responses to a stimulus, the non-verbal response comprising facial expressions of the individual, so as to generate a chronological sequence of recorded verbal responses and corresponding facial images; (b) accessing the computer-readable medium for automatically detecting and recording expressional repositioning of each of a plurality of selected facial features by conducting a computerized comparison of the facial position of each selected facial feature through sequential facial images; (c) automatically coding contemporaneously detected and recorded expressional repositionings to at least one of an action unit, a combination of action units, or at least one emotion; and (d) analyzing the at least one of an action unit, a combination of action units, or at least one emotion to assess one or more characteristics of the individual to develop a profile of the individual'"'"'s personality in relation to the objective for which the individual is being assessed.
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23. A method of assessing an individual through facial muscle activity and expressions, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a visual recording stored on a computer-readable medium of an individual'"'"'s response to a stimulus, a first portion of the individual'"'"'s response comprising facial expressions of the individual, so as to generate a chronological sequence of recorded facial images; (b) accessing the computer-readable medium for automatically detecting and recording expressional repositioning of each of a plurality of selected facial features by conducting a computerized comparison of the facial position of each selected facial feature through sequential facial images; (c) automatically coding contemporaneously detected and recorded expressional repositionings to at least one of an action unit, a combination of action units, or at least one emotion; and (d) analyzing the at least one of an action unit, a combination of action units, or at least one emotion against a second portion of the individual'"'"'s response to the stimulus to assess one or more characteristics of the individual.
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