Patent ID: 9298977
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An information processing device comprising: a recognition unit which recognizes a facial emotion expression of a user taken on a captured image; a control unit which controls equipment to permit the user to use the equipment when the facial emotion expression recognized by the recognition unit is a specific facial emotion expression; and an output unit which outputs information indicating the specific facial emotion expression when the recognition unit recognizes the facial emotion expression as being the specific facial emotion expression, and outputs information indicating a different facial emotion expression that is different from the specific facial emotion expression when the recognition unit recognizes the facial emotion expression as not being the specific facial emotion expression, wherein the outputted information indicating the different facial emotion expression is not a reproduction of the captured image, and wherein the recognition unit, the control unit, and the output unit are each implemented via at least one processor.