Sony patents system that adjusts services based on human emotion
Sony describes a method that uses an event-based sensor to capture optical data from a person. The system analyzes this data to detect specific patterns that indicate an emotional state, then uses that information to adjust a service being consumed by the human, robot, or vehicle.
In the filing’s own words
Examples relate to a method, a computer program, and an apparatus for adjusting a service consumed by a human, a robot, a vehicle, an entertainment system and a smart home system. The method for adjusting a service consumed by a human comprises capturing optical event data of the human using an event-based sensor and analyzing the optical event data to detect predefined emotional patterns. The method further comprises determining information on an emotional state of the human based on detected emotional patterns in the optical event data and adjusting the service based on the information on the emotional state of the human.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for adjusting a service consumed by a human, the method comprising capturing optical event data of the human using an event-based sensor; analyzing the optical event data to detect predefined emotional patterns; determining information on an emotional state of the human based on detected emotional patterns in the optical event data; and adjusting the service based on the information on the emotional state of the human.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- A METHOD, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND AN APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A SERVICE CONSUMED BY A HUMAN, A ROBOT, A VEHICLE, AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, AND A SMART HOME SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260299676A1
- Application number
- 19163387
- Filed
- Mar 15, 2024
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
G06F 3/011 Physics & computingG06V 40/174 Physics & computingG06V 40/20 Physics & computingMore from Sony in AI & software
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