Computer-based micro-expression analysis

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of digital image analysis includes obtaining first digital video of a human subject that indicates facial expressions of the human subject; performing micro-expression analysis on the human subject using the first digital video; comparing results of the performed micro-expression analysis with content of a presentation determined to have been provided to the human subject at the same time that particular portions of the digital video were initially captured; and modifying a manner of performing interaction with the human subject or other human subjects based on the comparing of results.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method of digital image analysis, the method comprising:
 obtaining first digital video of a human subject that indicates facial expressions of the human subject;   performing micro-expression analysis on the human subject using the first digital video;   comparing results of the performed micro-expression analysis with content of a presentation determined to have been provided to the human subject at the same time that particular portions of the digital video were initially captured; and   modifying a manner of performing interaction with the human subject or other human subjects based on the comparing of results.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 obtaining second digital video of a presentation with which the human subject was interacting when the first digital video was captured; and   time-wise aligning data generated from the second digital video with the results of performing the micro-expression analysis, so that particular ones of the results of performing the micro-expression analysis are correlated with particular messages delivered by the presentation to the human subject.   
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , wherein the presentation with which the human subject interacts is a conversation with another human. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 3 , further comprising electronically converting speech by the another human to text for computer analysis. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 4 , further comprising electronically identifying one or more topics to which text from speech of the another human is determined to be directed. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , further comprising electronically correlating each of the identified one or more topics to corresponding emotion tags identified from the micro-expression analysis that indicate emotional reactions of the human subject to the one or more topics.