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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2012
Applicants:

Rana El Kaliouby, Waltham, MA (US);

Richard Scott Sadowsky, Sturbridge, MA (US);

Rosalind Wright Picard, Newtonville, MA (US);

Oliver Orion Wilder-smith, Holliston, MA (US);

May Bahgat, New Cairo, EG;

Inventors:

Rana el Kaliouby, Waltham, MA (US);

Richard Scott Sadowsky, Sturbridge, MA (US);

Rosalind Wright Picard, Newtonville, MA (US);

Oliver Orion Wilder-Smith, Holliston, MA (US);

May Bahgat, New Cairo, EG;

Assignee:

Affectiva, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/33 (2008.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Analysis of mental states is provided to enable data analysis pertaining to video recommendation based on affect. Video response may be evaluated based on viewing and sampling various videos. Data is captured for viewers of a video where the data includes facial information and/or physiological data. Facial and physiological information may be gathered for a group of viewers. In some embodiments, demographics information is collected and used as a criterion for visualization of affect responses to videos. In some embodiments, data captured from an individual viewer or group of viewers is used to rank videos.


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