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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Minori Yamataka, Kariya, JP;
Fumika Nakanishi, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/168 (2022.01); G06V 40/176 (2022.01); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02);
Abstract
An emotion estimation device includes: an emotion estimation unit estimating a user emotion as an emotion associated with an index value of a facial expression of a user between (i.e., involving/during a period having) a plurality of consecutive events, based on a correspondence between (A) the index value which is at least one of (i) a facial expression score of (i.e., representing) the facial expression of the user and (ii) a feature amount about a change of such facial expression score and (B) the facial expression of the user correlated with the plurality of consecutive events.