SCEA Files Patent for Laugh, Smile Detecting

[exfileme]

Sony's new patent will know when you're laughing, crying, or straining due to gas. Maybe.

SCEA Files Patent for Laugh, Smile Detecting : Read more

 

[imspecial]

Whoever came up with that drawing needs to come up with better humor before creating more diagrams...

 

[Burodsx]

The idea of applying player emotions to a game would be neat, but the easiest way to read my in-game emotions is when I'm going around killing everyone. "He must be mad." >.

 

[grieve]

Perhaps Sony just wants the patent before Natal can actually do this.

I guess there is also the chance they are working on a Natal type system themself. But last i saw it was more a reguritation of Wii motion sensing.

 

[grieve]

**regurgitation

 

[FUtomNOreg]

I don't really know much about the inner workings of patents, but hasn't something with facial recognition already been done with robotic android technology or something...?

 

[joeman42]

Will the patent include code to detect the finger I am raising?

 

[anonymousdude]

Natal and this are just modified eyetoys and motion sensing to me.

 

[megamanx00]

Bah

 

[syphon555]

What if I am smiling "on the inside"?

 

[Guest]

A few digital cameras can automatically take pictures when the subject (s) smile. I wonder if this patent will be in conflict with this preexisting feature.

 

[syphon555]

There has got to come a time when the patents start overlapping each other in some shape or form. Then it is time for the legal battle

 

[Zingam]

Why don't they patent laughing, smiling and breathing altogether? Or perhaps they should patent living

 

[rtfm]

He won't be laughin when he sees his telly is an oven door....

 

[rtfm]

He won't be laughing when he sees his telly is an oven door....

 

[Kryan]

[citation][nom]rtfm[/nom]He won't be laughin when he sees his telly is an oven door....[/citation]
pity about the double post, but very lol indeed!

 

[DeadlyPredator]

Big brother will love that, everybody must be happy otherwise the person is send to a rehabilitation centre.

 

[chuckly3]

No wonder there are so many lawsuits, that patent seems very large in scope.

 

[ph3412b07]

don't casino's (the good ones) already have more advanced personnel monitoring equipment?

 

[Shadow703793]

Wow..... that pic looks pretty wrong....