Computer input device with biosensors for sensing user emotions
First Claim
1. A system including a computer input device configured for engagement with a computer for inputting data to the computer, comprising:
- at least one input surface on the computer input device and configured for receiving a user signal, the user signal being converted to an electrical signal for communication of the electrical signal to the computer;
one or more sensors on the computer input device for sensing one or more physiological attributes of a user when a user manipulates the input surface, the one or more sensors generating respective physiological signals; and
a correlation element for receiving the physiological signals from the one or more sensors and correlating the physiological signals to one or more emotions.
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Abstract
A method and system for correlating physiological attributes including heart rate, temperature, general somatic activity (GSA), and galvanic skin response (GSR) to N emotions of a user of a computer input device, such as a mouse. Sensors are in the mouse to sense the physiological attributes, which are correlated to emotions using a correlation model. The correlation model is derived from a calibration process in which a baseline attribute-to-emotion correlation is rendered based on statistical analysis of calibration signals generated by users having emotions that are measured or otherwise known at calibration time. A vector in N dimensions, representative of a subject user'"'"'s emotions, is output for subsequent subject users whose emotions are sought to be known, with the baseline being the reference in the N-dimensional space of the vector.
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19 Claims
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1. A system including a computer input device configured for engagement with a computer for inputting data to the computer, comprising:
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at least one input surface on the computer input device and configured for receiving a user signal, the user signal being converted to an electrical signal for communication of the electrical signal to the computer;
one or more sensors on the computer input device for sensing one or more physiological attributes of a user when a user manipulates the input surface, the one or more sensors generating respective physiological signals; and
a correlation element for receiving the physiological signals from the one or more sensors and correlating the physiological signals to one or more emotions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
logic means for establishing a baseline relationship between the physiological signals and the emotions;
logic means for using the baseline relationship to correlate the physiological signals to one or more of N emotions, wherein N is a positive integer.
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10. A computer program device comprising:
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a computer program storage device readable by a digital processing apparatus; and
a program means on the program storage device and including instructions executable by the digital processing apparatus for performing method steps for correlating physiological signals to emotions, the method steps comprising;
receiving one or more physiological signals from a computer input device, the physiological signals being respectively representative of physiological attributes of a user, the physiological signals being generated as a result of a user touching the computer input devices; and
correlating the physiological signals to one or more emotions. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
establishing a baseline relationship between the physiological signals and the emotions; and
using the baseline relationship to correlate the physiological signals to one or more of N emotions, wherein N is a positive integer.
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13. The computer program device of claim 12, wherein the method steps further comprise:
in response to the correlating step, generating a vector in N dimensions relative to the baseline relationship.
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14. The computer program device of claim 12, wherein the establishing step includes:
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receiving plural calibration signals from one or more calibration users;
associating the calibration signals with emotions of the calibration users; and
based on the associating step, rendering the baseline relationship using one or more statistical analyses.
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15. The computer program device of claim 12, in combination with one or more a computers.
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16. A method for correlating physiological attributes of a computer user to emotions when the user touches a computer input device, comprising:
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establishing one or more baseline physiological signals, the physiological signals being representative of respective physiological attributes;
using the baseline physiological signals to statistically derive at least one correlation model, the correlation model correlating one or more physiological signals to one or more emotions;
receiving subsequent physiological signals generated when a subject user touches the computer input device; and
based on the correlation model, correlating the subsequent physiological signals to one or more emotions of the subject user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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