Analysis of Multiple Users' Experience in Daily Life Using Wearable Device for Facial Expression Recognition

Abstract

In this paper, we present a wearable facial expression recognition system that can analyse and enhance a daily experience. Our aim is to create a mindful experience in daily life by connecting the device with everyday objects and service. To this end, we made two prototypes that supports users to keep right side of emotions: 1) a text chatting system that automatically inserts an emoticon based on his/her facial expressions in the end of a comment a user typed, 2) a plant interface controlled by facial expressions. We also analysed multiple users' facial expressions while they played video games. We confirmed that visualization of sensor data from the device shows the possibility for estimating the transition of different facial expressions.