Last September 5, a corporation named Omron has released new software that checks the percentage of a smile in a person's image. It is called the OKAO Vision Real-Time Smile Measurement Technology. This vision software analyzes the extent to which the mouth and eyes are open, shape of the eyes and mouth, and the arrangement of other facial features. Such a system was developed after analyzing the facial expressions of 15,000 individuals from mixed cultures (age of the participants ranged from infants to the oldies). Moreover, the software can process an image in just 44 milliseconds on a PC.. This is really a good kind of technology, don't you think? A genuine smile authenticator – wow! However, is it really that reliable in terms of measurement? Actually, I think that it is only a "computer vision stuff". I am not sure if it would be appropriate to label it as an "emotion verifier material". Well, from the point of view of a person, he cannot judge if the smile of another (in a photograph) is really genuine or fake.. You understand what I mean? For example, Clarky can show a Big Great Smile to somebody (or on a photo session) but inside him, the "good smile feeling" might not be true. Okay, I do not intend to be a psychologist here, hehe.. Anyway, "I think" the 3 uses of this technology are on: truth or lie test, truth or lie test, and truth or lie test.. Okay, so there are three of them, hehe (just kidding you guys).. Moral lesson: give a sincere smile to someone or else this technology might be used against you. This is all for now.. :)
September 13, 2007
Do You Have a Genuine or a Bogus Smile?
Last September 5, a corporation named Omron has released new software that checks the percentage of a smile in a person's image. It is called the OKAO Vision Real-Time Smile Measurement Technology. This vision software analyzes the extent to which the mouth and eyes are open, shape of the eyes and mouth, and the arrangement of other facial features. Such a system was developed after analyzing the facial expressions of 15,000 individuals from mixed cultures (age of the participants ranged from infants to the oldies). Moreover, the software can process an image in just 44 milliseconds on a PC.. This is really a good kind of technology, don't you think? A genuine smile authenticator – wow! However, is it really that reliable in terms of measurement? Actually, I think that it is only a "computer vision stuff". I am not sure if it would be appropriate to label it as an "emotion verifier material". Well, from the point of view of a person, he cannot judge if the smile of another (in a photograph) is really genuine or fake.. You understand what I mean? For example, Clarky can show a Big Great Smile to somebody (or on a photo session) but inside him, the "good smile feeling" might not be true. Okay, I do not intend to be a psychologist here, hehe.. Anyway, "I think" the 3 uses of this technology are on: truth or lie test, truth or lie test, and truth or lie test.. Okay, so there are three of them, hehe (just kidding you guys).. Moral lesson: give a sincere smile to someone or else this technology might be used against you. This is all for now.. :)
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Would like to try that software some other time. Sound interesting.
Thanks for the comment. I actually saw some pics with smiles on your site. You can use the software to validate those smiles.. :)
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