Patents Assigned to Natsume Research Institute, Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10835166
    Abstract: To determine the emotion of a viewer more accurately by measuring the pupil diameter while eliminating the influence of brightness, breathing, and pulse. A reference data measuring unit measures, as reference data, a reference pupil diameter Csk, a breathing influenced pupil diameter Dskt, and a pulse influenced pupil diameter Eskt for each of various combinations of the brightness of an entire screen and the brightness of a visual point. A measuring unit identifies the reference pupil diameter Csk, the breathing influenced pupil diameter Dskt, and the pulse influenced pupil diameter Eskt corresponding to the elapsed time of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Natsume Research Institute, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Kurashima, Kouichi Kikuchi