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Automated Facial Action Coding System

Detailed Technology Description

UCSD inventors have come up with an automated method to recognize expressions as defined by the Facial Action Coding System of Ekman and Friesen. The technique provides more accurate results than the competition, and is especially adapted for recognizing spontaneous expression. The invention is implemented in a working prototype that can currently work at a real-time frame rate of 6 frames per second.UCSD is currently entertaining an offer for an exclusive license. Should anyone wish to propose their own business plan that requires non-exclusive use of the technology, please send this to invent@ucsd.edu before March 15, 2012.

Supplementary Information

Patent Number: US20100086215A1
Application Number: US2009548294A
Inventor: Bartlett, Marian Steward | Littlewort-Ford, Gwen | Movellan, Javier | Fasel, Ian | Frank, Mark
Priority Date: 26 Aug 2008
Priority Number: US20100086215A1
Application Date: 26 Aug 2009
Publication Date: 8 Apr 2010
IPC Current: G06K000962 | G06K000948
US Class: 382197 | 382224
Title: Automated Facial Action Coding System
Usefulness: Automated Facial Action Coding System
Summary: Method implemented on processors for facial action coding for assisting generation of standard video databases to train and evaluate system for automatic recognition of facial expression. Can also be used in computer vision etc.
Novelty: Method implemented on processors for facial action coding in e.g. generation of video databases, involves producing score vector for image based on combination of relative likelihoods for windows by applying machine learning algorithm

Industry

ICT/Telecom

Sub Group

Image Processing

Application No.

8798374

Others

Tech ID/UC Case

22278/2007-103-0

Related Cases

2007-103-0

Country/Region

USA

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