SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE USER EMOTIONS AND MOODS BASED ON ACCELERATION DATA AND BIOMETRIC DATA

• US 20170237848A1
• Filed: 05/01/2017
• Published: 08/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Davis, Mark Charles, Locker, Howard Jeffrey, Cheston, Richard Wayne, Wibran, Goran Hans, Bowser, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US15/583,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20170237848A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• 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: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes an accelerometer, a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive first data from a biometric sensor which communicates with the device, and receive second data from the accelerometer. The first data pertains to a biometric of a user and the second data pertains to acceleration of the device. The memory also bears instructions executable by the processor to determine one or more emotions of the user based at least partially on the first data and the second data, and determine whether to execute a function at the device at least partially based on the emotion and based on third data associated with a use context of the device.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor;

at least one gesture sensor accessible to the processor; and

storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

receive data from the gesture sensor;

identify, based on the data, a gesture performed by a user;

identify, based on the identification of the gesture, at least one emotion of the user;

determine, based on the identification of the at least one emotion of the user, whether to execute a function at the device;

responsive to a determination to execute the function at the device, execute the function at the device; and

responsive to a determination to not execute the function at the device, decline to execute the function at the device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one gesture sensor comprises an accelerometer.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one gesture sensor comprises a camera.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

identify at least one emotion of the user at least partially based on identification of the user as gesturing a particular predefined gesture already associated with the identified at least one emotion.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the particular predefined gesture is already associated with the identified at least one emotion in a database accessible to the processor that correlates particular gestures with particular emotions.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

identify the gesture based at least in part on execution of gesture recognition software to process the data.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the gesture pertains to a facial expression of the user identified based on the data.

8. The device of claim 1, comprising a display, and wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

present a user interface (UI) on the display, the UI comprising a selector element at which presentation of prompts is enableable, the prompts being to confirm the user desires the device to execute functions for which user input has been provided despite a particular gesture being identified by the device.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one emotion that is identified comprises an emotion of angry, wherein the function is to provide an incoming telephone call at the device, and wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine, based on the identification of the emotion of angry, to decline to provide the telephone call at the device; and

decline to provide the telephone call at the device.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one emotion that is identified comprises an emotion of happy, wherein the function is to provide a prompt to call another person, and wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine, based on the identification of the emotion of happy, to provide the prompt at the device; and

provide the prompt at the device based on the determination to provide the prompt at the device.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the function is to provide a notification at the device, and wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine, based on the identification of the at least one emotion of the user, whether to provide the notification at the device;

responsive to a determination to provide the notification at the device, provide the notification at the device; and

responsive to a determination to not provide the notification at the device, decline to provide the notification at the device.

12. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a device, data from at least one gesture sensor;

identifying, based on the data, a gesture performed by a user;

identifying, based on the identifying of the gesture, at least one emotion of the user;

determining, based on the identifying of the at least one emotion of the user, whether to execute a function at the device;

executing, responsive to determining to execute the function at the device, the function at the device; and

not executing, responsive to a determination to not execute the function at the device, the function at the device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one gesture sensor comprises at least one of an accelerometer and a camera.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising:

identifying at least one emotion of the user at least partially based on identifying the user as gesturing a particular predefined gesture previously associated with the identified at least one emotion.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising:

accessing a database to identify the user as gesturing the particular predefined gesture previously associated with the identified at least one emotion.

16. The method of claim 12, comprising:

identifying the gesture based at least in part on execution of gesture recognition software to process the data.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the gesture pertains to a facial expression of the user identified based on the data.

18. The method of claim 12, comprising:

presenting a user interface (UI) on a display accessible to the device, the UI comprising a selector element at which presentation of prompts is enableable, the prompts being to confirm the user desires the device to execute functions for which user input has been provided despite a particular gesture being identified by the device.

19. An apparatus, comprising:

a first processor;

a network adapter; and

storage bearing instructions executable by a second processor of a device for;

receiving data from a gesture sensor;

identifying, based on the data, a gesture performed by a user;

identifying, based on the identifying of the gesture, at least one emotion of the user;

determining, based on the identifying of the at least one emotion of the user, whether to execute a function at the device;

executing, responsive to determining to execute the function at the device, the function at the device; and

declining, responsive to determining to not execute the function at the device, to execute the function at the device;

wherein the first processor transfers the instructions to the device over a network via the network adapter.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the instructions are executable by the second processor for:

presenting a user interface (UI) on a display accessible to the device, the UI comprising a selector element at which presentation of prompts is enableable, the prompts being to confirm the user desires the device to execute functions for which user input has been provided despite a particular gesture being identified by the device.