Method for emotion communication between emotion signal sensing device and emotion service providing device

• US 8,775,186 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2010
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Shin, Hyun Soon, Lee, Sung Won, Hong, Choong Seon
• Primary Examiner(s): Lerner, Martin
• Application Number:
  US12/981,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20110172992A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• Field of Search: 704/231, 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/201, 714/748, 714/749, 714/750, 714/751, 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0533 Measuring galvanic skin response
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/26 Recognition of special voice characteristics, e.g. for use in lie detectors; Recognition of animal voices

Abstract

Provided are a method for emotion communication to share a user'"'"'s emotions between an emotion signal sensing device and an emotion service providing device. The method for emotion communication includes: the emotion signal sensing device'"'"'s sensing biological and environmental information of the user and generating an emotion signal and emotion information of the user based on the biological and environmental information; establishing an emotion communication connection with the emotion service providing device; transmitting the emotion signal and the emotion information to the emotion service providing device by the emotion communication connection establishment; and breaking the connection with the emotion service providing device.

Claims

1. A method for emotion communication of an emotion signal sensing device that senses a user'"'"'s emotions, the method comprising:

sensing biological and environmental information of the user by an emotion signal sensing device;

generating an emotion signal of the user based on the biological and environmental information;

establishing a wireless emotion communication connection with an emotion service providing device, the emotion service providing device being distinct from the emotion signal sensing device and providing the emotion service to the user based on the emotion signal; and

transmitting the emotion signal to the emotion service providing device via the established emotion communication connection,

wherein the emotion signal sensing device includes;

a sensing signal processor processing the biological and environmental information sensed from the user;

an emotion signal processor generating the emotion signal using the biological and environmental information processed by the sensing signal processor, and compensating for errors in the emotion signal when the emotion signal has errors; and

an emotion signal communicator establishing the wireless emotion communication connection with the emotion service providing device,

wherein the emotion signal sensing device performs emotion communication with the emotion service providing device using a protocol layer that is implemented by the emotion signal communicator,

wherein the protocol layer comprises;

a first layer that processes the emotion signal transferred from the emotion signal processor;

a second layer that receives the processed emotion signal from the first layer, and transmits the processed emotion signal to the emotion service providing device; and

a protocol management plane that manages profile information of a first protocol for transmitting the processed emotion signal to the emotion service providing device and a second protocol for establishing a connection between the emotion signal sensing device and the emotion service providing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of an emotion signal comprises:

setting a threshold value;

extracting a signal having a greater value than the threshold value from among the biological information; and

forming the emotion signal from the extracted signal.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving feedback information of the emotion signal from the emotion service providing device; and

controlling the threshold value based on the feedback information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing of an emotion communication connection comprises:

transmitting a first message requesting an emotion communication connection establishment to the emotion service providing device;

receiving a second message from the emotion service providing device in response to the first message; and

transmitting a third message to the emotion service providing device in response to the second message.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first message contains a list of functions supported by the emotion signal sensing device, and the second message contains information on a function selected from the list of the functions by the emotion service providing device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the establishing of an emotion communication connection comprises retransmitting the first message a predetermined number of times before receiving the second message from the emotion service providing device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the retransmitting comprises:

starting a timer after transmitting the first message; and

if the second message is not received until expiry of the timer, retransmitting the first message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the emotion signal comprises periodically transmitting the emotion signal.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a message containing the reason for releasing the connection to the emotion service providing device; and

releasing the connection with the emotion service providing device.