Method and apparatus for determining user feedback by facial expression

• US 8,210,848 B1
• Filed: 03/07/2005
• Issued: 07/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Beck, Alexander John Gray, Blair, Colin, Lang, Andrew W., McNamara, Paul Thomas, Michaelis, Paul Roller, Thambiratnam, David Preshan, Wan, James K.
• Primary Examiner(s): CUFF, MICHAEL A
• Application Number:
  US11/074,428
• Time in Patent Office: 2,675 Days
• Field of Search: 434112-117, 382/308, 382/311
• US Class Current: 434/112
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/011 Emotion or mood input determined on the basis of sensed human body parameters such as pulse, heart rate or beat, temperature of skin, facial expressions, iris, voice pitch, brain activity patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/174 Facial expression recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2476 for a visually impaired user illuminating or arrangements for improving visibility of characters on dials H04M1/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72481 for visually impaired users
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A method and apparatus provide feedback of facial expressions of participants during communication by capturing facial expressions of participants; extracting facial information from the captured facial expressions; transmitting the extracted facial information to communication terminals; and displaying the transmitted facial information by the communication terminals in a symbolic form.

Claims

1. A method for feedback of facial expressions of participants during communication, comprising:

capturing facial expressions of participants;

extracting facial information from the captured facial expressions;

reviewing by a participant whose extracted facial information is to be transmitted the extracted facial information before transmission;

editing by the participant the extracted facial information before transmission;

transmitting the extracted facial information to communication terminals; and

displaying the transmitted facial information by the communication terminals in a symbolic form.

2. A processor-readable medium for feedback of facial expressions of participants during communication, comprising processor-executable instructions configured for:

capturing facial expressions of participants;

extracting facial information from the captured facial expressions;

reviewing by a participant whose extracted facial information is to be transmitted the extracted facial information before transmission;

editing by the participant the extracted facial information before transmission;

transmitting the extracted facial information to communication terminals; and

displaying the transmitted facial information by the communication terminals in a symbolic form.