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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Nishitokyo, JP;
Hideki Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The emotion assessment apparatus has a detecting unit detecting heartbeat information including the heart rate of a subject, an emotion assessment unit assessing whether the emotion of the subject is a negative emotion or a positive emotion based on the heartbeat information, a counting unit counting the number of heart rate variations within a predetermined time period, an emotional expression assessment unit assessing the mental state of the subject based on the number of heart rate variations, and using the assessment results from the emotion assessment unit to assess the mental state, and an output unit outputting the assessment results from the emotional expression assessment unit.