Patent ID: 9576190
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06Q,G06T,G10L,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for video conferencing, the method comprising: receiving a video including a sequence of images; detecting at least one object of interest in one or more of the images; locating feature reference points of the at least one object of interest; aligning a virtual face mesh to the at least one object of interest in one or more of the images based at least in part on the feature reference points; finding over the sequence of images at least one deformation of the virtual face mesh, wherein the at least one deformation is associated with at least one face mimic; determining that the at least one deformation refers to a facial emotion selected from a plurality of reference facial emotions; generating an emotional status of an individual based on the facial emotion selected from the plurality of reference facial emotions; determining that the facial emotion is a negative facial emotion; and generating a communication bearing data associated with the negative facial emotion only where the facial emotion is determined to be a negative facial emotion.