Are computers capable of understanding our emotional states?

Min Cheol Whang, Joa Sang Lim, Kang Ryoung Park, Youngjoo Cho, Wolfram Boucsein

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Abstract

As emotion provides an important clue for communication, the computer needs to be more sympathetic to users' commands in the context of their emotion. A challenging attempt has been made to develop an emotional computer, which reads such physiological signals as photoplethysmogram, electrodermal activity and skin temperature and analyzes them online with a rule base into human emotion. We adopted a two-dimensional emotion model and a number of empirical studies have been conducted to find out some valid physiological parameters and to map them with nine categories of human emotions. Some research challenges were found that need to be addressed until the emotional computer comes to the market.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEngineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics - 7th International Conference, EPCE 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages204-211
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783540733300
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event7th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2007 - Beijing, China
Duration: 22 Jul 200727 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4562 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period22/07/0727/07/07

Keywords

  • Emotion in HCI
  • Emotional computer
  • Emotional mouse
  • Psychophysiology

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