ASSOCIATING USER EMOTION WITH ELECTRONIC MEDIA

• US 20140154649A1
• Filed: 12/03/2012
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Farley, Richard O., Tartz, Robert S., Vartak, Aniket A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,378,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/236
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26

Abstract

Systems, methods, devices, and apparatuses for associating a user emotion with electronic media are described. Contact between a user of a device and a biopotential electrode array that is integrated with the device is detected. Electrodermal data of the user is acquired via the biopotential electrode array. The user emotion is derived based at least in part on the acquired electrodermal data. The user emotion is then associated with the electronic media.

Claims

1. A method of associating a user emotion with electronic media, comprising:

detecting contact between a user of a device and a biopotential electrode array that is integrated with the device;

acquiring electrodermal data of the user via the biopotential electrode array;

deriving the user emotion based at least in part on the acquired electrodermal data; and

associating the user emotion with the electronic media.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a capturing, by the device, of the electronic media; and

detecting the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array at least partly in response to detecting the capturing.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a play back, by the device, of the electronic media; and

detecting the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array at least partly in response to detecting the play back.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a presentation of the electronic media by the device; and

detecting the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array at least partly in response to detecting the presentation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting activation of an application installed on the device; and

detecting the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array at least partly in response to detecting the activation.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the application is a camera application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting an orientation of the device with respect to gravity; and

detecting the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array at least partly in response to detecting the orientation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the orientation is a landscape orientation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the electrodermal data comprises:

dynamically configuring the biopotential electrode array, based at least in part on the detected contact; and

acquiring the electrodermal data from the configured biopotential electrode array.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein dynamically configuring the biopotential electrode array comprises:

electrically coupling at least two adjacent electrode tiles to form a first active electrode area within the biopotential electrode array.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein deriving the user emotion comprises:

correlating the electrodermal data with one of a plurality of emotional states.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the user emotion with the electronic media comprises:

saving the user emotion as metadata of the electronic media.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the user emotion with the electronic media comprises:

saving the user emotion in a schema associated with the electronic media.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting, on the device, a user interface to edit the user emotion.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic media is an image.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic media is a video.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic media is an audio recording.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile phone.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a camera.

20. The method of claim 1,.wherein the biopotential electrode array comprises:

a group of electrodes positioned at a corner of the device, on at least a side edge of the device.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the biopotential electrode array comprises:

a plurality of groups of electrodes, each group of electrodes being positioned at a different one of four corners of the device, and each group of electrodes being positioned on at least a side edge of the device.

22. A device for associating a user emotion with electronic media, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to;

detect contact between a user of the device and a biopotential electrode array that is integrated with the device;

acquire electrodermal data of the user via the biopotential electrode array;

derive the user emotion based at least in part on the acquired electrodermal data; and

associate the user emotion with the electronic media.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

detect a capture, by the device, of the electronic media; and

detect the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array at least partly in response to detecting the capturing.

24. The device of claim 22, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

detect a play back, by the device, of the electronic media; and

detect the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array at least partly in response to detecting the play back.

25. The device of claim 22, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

detect a presentation of the electronic media by the device; and

detect the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array at least partly in response to detecting the presentation.

26. The device of claim 22, wherein the instructions to associate the user emotion with the electronic media comprise instructions to:

save the user emotion as metadata of the electronic media.

27. The device of claim 22, wherein the instructions to associate the user emotion with the electronic media comprise instructions to:

save the user emotion in a schema associated with the electronic media.

28. The device of claim 22,.further comprising the biopotential electrode array, wherein the biopotential electrode array comprises:

a group of electrodes positioned at a corner of the device, on at least a side edge of the device.

29. The device of claim 22, further comprising the biopotential electrode array, wherein the biopotential electrode array comprises:

a plurality of groups of electrodes, each group of electrodes being positioned at a different one of four corners of the device, and each group of electrodes being positioned on at least a side edge of the device.

30. An apparatus for associating a user emotion with electronic media, comprising:

means for detecting contact between a user of a device and a biopotential electrode array that is integrated with the device;

means for acquiring electrodermal data of the user via the biopotential electrode array;

means for deriving the user emotion based at least in part on the acquired electrodermal data; and

means for associating the user emotion with the electronic media.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising:

means for detecting a capturing, by the device, of the electronic media;

wherein the means for detecting the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array detects the contact at least partly in response to detecting the capturing.

32. The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising:

means for detecting a play back, by the device, of the electronic media;

wherein the means for detecting the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array detects the contact at least partly in response to detecting the play back.

33. The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising:

means for detecting a presentation of the electronic media to the user, by the device;

wherein the means for detecting the contact between the user of the device and the biopotential electrode array detects the contact at least partly in response to detecting the presentation.

34. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the means for associating the user emotion with the electronic media comprises:

means for saving the user emotion as metadata of the electronic media.

35. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the means for associating the user emotion with the electronic media comprises:

means for saving the user emotion in a schema associated with the electronic media.

36. A computer program product for associating a user emotion with electronic media, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to:

detect contact between a user of a device and a biopotential electrode array that is integrated with the device;

acquire electrodermal data of the user via the biopotential electrode array;

derive the user emotion based at least in part on the acquired electrodermal data; and

associate the user emotion with the electronic media.