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Affective Computing: Teaching Machines About Emotion

Posted by michael on from the throwing-the-mouse-equals-anger dept.

jbc writes "The L.A. Times is running a story about affective computing, a field in which researchers are programming computers to recognize human emotions through the use of such clues as facial expression, vocal tone, and blood pressure. Some hail it as the dawn of a new era in super-useful machines, while others warn about invasions of privacy."

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  1. Affective Computing -- Patent Pending! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The US Patent Office has already geranted Javier Movellan a patent conering: "Method and apparatus for programming computers to identify human emotions through the use of emotion markers, comprising facial expression, vocal tone, and metabolic responses"