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This story is from the category Sensors
Date posted: 18/06/2012 Microsoft has applied for a patent for targeting ads to users based on their emotional state, using a Kinect type device, GeekWire reports. Do you look happy? You’ll see ads for vacation packages and consumer electronics, but not weight-loss programs or self-help products. Do you look sad? You won’t see that over-the-top animated ad for children’s birthday parties at the local bowling alley. Feeling frustrated? It’s PC support ads for you. Those are actual examples from the patent application, which incorporates some of the same ideas as the earlier filing for deducing the user’s mood — including scanning messages and social media postings. Also included: audio and video capture devices (to detect facial expressions and tone of voice) in addition to the company’s Kinect sensor, which would be used to analyze body movements as another input for the emotion-detecting algorithm. See the full Story via external site: www.kurzweilai.net Most recent stories in this category (Sensors): 28/02/2017: DJI drones use plane avoidance tech |
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