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posted by janrinok on Saturday August 30 2014, @02:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the Glass-find-me-a-female! dept.

German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS have developed a Google Glass app that recognises faces, but not the identity of the person. Emotions, gender, and age are recognised, and no images are sent over a network to do so.

Sophisticated High-speed Object Recognition Engine (SHORE) is the name of the group's software, which processes video on the Google Glass CPU. All calculations are performed in real-time by the CPU. By participating in the Google Glass "Explorer Program" Fraunhofer IIS was able to test the smart eyewear. The Google Glass app was made possible by adapting and implementing the Fraunhofer IIS SHORE software library as Glassware.

A software library of data built on C++ analyzes the face. Information about the person—happy, sad, angry, surprised, age estimation, gender—is superimposed next to the face. SHORE can also do eye-blink estimation and valence (emotion) recognition.

The researchers said the database has over 10,000 annotated faces. In combination with structure-based features and learning algorithms, they said they can train so-called models that boast extremely high recognition rates.

CNET's Seth Rosenblatt said the organization sees SHORE as a communication aid for people, for example, on the autism spectrum who may have difficulties in identifying emotions. "Fraunhofer also points out that its app could be applied to market analyses and other more commercial uses," he wrote.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 30 2014, @05:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 30 2014, @05:37AM (#87481)

    It'd be great tool for the blind.

    Like all eyewear...

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Tork on Saturday August 30 2014, @05:52AM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 30 2014, @05:52AM (#87483)
    No. There's a fundamental difference, here. Do you see it?
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by tathra on Saturday August 30 2014, @06:50AM

    by tathra (3367) on Saturday August 30 2014, @06:50AM (#87487)

    It'd be great tool for the blind.

    Like all eyewear...

    no. think of it as an extremely primative version of Geordi LaForge's visor. it identifies the other person's sex/emotions/etc and gives the wearer feedback for them to interpret - could be by voice, it could vibrate in certain patterns, or give like little pulses/shocks, and eventually paired with neural chip implants.

    it'll also probably be good for robotics. now your sexbot can tell when you're in the mood and come to you, rather than simply being a passive programmable doll!