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Sony Ericsson patent reads your face, builds a playlist

By Chris Davies on Thursday, May 21st 2009 No Comments

sony ericsson facial expression pmp cellphone patentSony Ericsson have patented a system whereby a cellphone could be controlled by facial expressions, shuffling between music tracks according to visual mood analysis.  The patent, titled “Generating music playlist based on facial expression”, describes capturing an image of a user and using facial recognition to build a custom playlist depending on the listener’s mood.

The system could either recognize moods by spotting particular facial characteristics or by comparing the whole face against presets; alternatively, a hybrid of the two might be applied. 

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iHouse SmartFaucet with face recognition & email

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Apr 21st 2009 No Comments

We’re told that water and electronics don’t mix, but word obviously hasn’t made it to iHouse.  The company has been demonstrating their SmartFaucet, a touchscreen-enabled tap that also includes a camera for face-recognition.  If you’ve ever wanted to check your email and calendar from your bathroom sink, here’s the faucet for you.

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Video demo after the cut

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T-shirt Augmented Reality & Face-recognition Twitter

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Mar 19th 2009 1 Comment

Flash-fiddlers and optical-recognition lovers Squidder have been showing off two new systems that tie augmented reality into Twitter and other social networking systems.  Their first project is a t-shirt with a FLAR barcode that, when recognized by a webcam-enabled computer, pulls up the encoded Twitter username and displays their latest tweet as a video overlay.  The second task, meanwhile, is cutting out the barcode and having the system recognize users by face.

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Video demos after the cut

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Lenovo S10 gets multi-touch and facial recognition

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Jan 5th 2009 No Comments

Talk about ringing in the New Year right! Lenovo is kicking 2009 off with a bang and have just announced that their S10 netbook will be getting a boost. These are relatively small changes, but they’ll no doubt add to the overall value of the netbook.

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NEC Eye Favor is High Tech Marketing tool with Face Recognition apps

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Dec 17th 2008 No Comments

nec eye flavorWhile not pursuing criminals and thefts, Face Recognition apps has its niche use in advertising. NEC’s new digital signage system presented Eye Flavor, a masterful 46-inch LCD that can read viewers expression, analyze and display the most effective content then store all measurements for marketing use.

The marketing’s best friend combines face recognition digital camera, content delivery controller and software apps to manage the ad content and judge its effectiveness. By analyzing the viewer’s digital image, the Eye Flavor can effectively determine the viewers’ gender, age and how they react to the ad content.

According to Nikkie, the NEC has already put their new tool to work at a commercial facility in Tokyo. The system was set up at the front entrance to measure customer reaction to the ad content, viewers’ time frame, gender, age group and the distance in between them.