New AI Tool Knows Whether You're Nervous Or Confused (unirobotica.com) 11
Long-time Slashdot reader Ammalgam shares a blog post from Unirobotica.com about a new and more accurate facial recognition technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories:
Fujitsu wanted a way to better track emotions, even as other companies are already using emotion tool to recognize facial expressions. Microsoft, for example, is one such company, but its AI tool is limited to eight core states — anger, contempt, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, surprise, or neutral. [And obtains an accuracy rate of just 60%]
The current technology works by identifying various action units (AUs) that are basically certain facial muscle movements that we make. That is to say, if the technology identifies cheeks raised and lip corners pulled up, the AI concludes that the person it is analyzing is happy. However, this one goes much further.
According to Fujitsu, instead of creating more images to train the AI, researchers at its lab came up with a tool to extract more data out of one picture. This is done by what it calls a normalization process, where pictures taken from a particular angle are converted into images that resemble a frontal shot. After the technology appropriately enlarges, reduces, or rotates the newly created frontal picture, this new AI detects these AUs much more easily, and much more accurately.
The current technology works by identifying various action units (AUs) that are basically certain facial muscle movements that we make. That is to say, if the technology identifies cheeks raised and lip corners pulled up, the AI concludes that the person it is analyzing is happy. However, this one goes much further.
According to Fujitsu, instead of creating more images to train the AI, researchers at its lab came up with a tool to extract more data out of one picture. This is done by what it calls a normalization process, where pictures taken from a particular angle are converted into images that resemble a frontal shot. After the technology appropriately enlarges, reduces, or rotates the newly created frontal picture, this new AI detects these AUs much more easily, and much more accurately.
Most importantly (Score:2)
Perfect for training (Score:2)
Lookout World Series of Poker; here I come!
Finally. (Score:2)
A compelling use-case for Google Glass.
Seriously, a lot of people could use a heads up display that tells them when they're making people uncomfortable.
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You think that would work? I have doubts. It is not hard to notice when you are making somebody uncomfortable, you just need to want to. Also, there are a lot of people that do not mind if they make others uncomfortable and actually see that as affirmation of their superiority. And lastly, some people are not adults mentally and get uncomfortable for the most ridiculous and childish reasons.
This has no easy solution and certainly not a technological one.
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Just put a red sticker on the inside of your glasses.
If your hud shows red, you're making people uncomfortable.
Coming soon ... (Score:2)
New AI Tool Knows Whether You're Nervous Or Confused
The next version will know if you ever watched, or starred in, the movie Dazed and Confused [wikipedia.org].
Sounds Like (Score:2)
Facial recognition for the purpose of detecting lies, or perhaps playing better poker, may be just around the corner. $$
Smile (Score:2)
So we can make the cure Emojibots from Dr. Who S10E3?
Confused? (Score:2)
But it's good that it recognizes your emotions (Score:2)
A real good thing. And tomorrow... tomorrow's gonna be a... real good day!
*forced smiles all around*