Determining a mood for a group

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11301671-B1
Application number	US-201916657470-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 18, 2019
Priority date	Apr 20, 2015
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

A system and method for determining a mood for a crowd is disclosed. In example embodiments, a method includes identifying an event that includes two or more attendees, receiving at least one indicator representing emotions of attendees, determining a numerical value for each of the indicators, and aggregating the numerical values to determine an aggregate mood of the attendees of the event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, messages from user devices at a given location;
determining, by the one or more processors, that the given location of the user devices is within a threshold distance of a geographic location;
computing, by the one or more processors, a number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location;
comparing, by the one or more processors, the number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location to a threshold value number of messages;
in response to determining that the number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location exceeds the threshold value, determining, by the one or more processors, a mood of the messages received from the user devices at the given location based on content included in the messages;
generating a chart that displays a plurality of separate indicators for attendees of an event having different demographical characteristics, a first indicator of the plurality of separate indicators comprising a video; and
determining a numerical value based on a magnitude of an audio signal included with the video.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising registering an event at the given location in response to determining that the number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location exceeds the threshold value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the messages includes one or more indicators comprising an image of a face of an attendee of an event, and the method further comprises:
determining the numerical value representing an intensity of emotion for each of the images based on a distribution of points on the face of the attendee within the image; and
causing display of a chart that is based on an aggregation of the numerical values.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the quantity number of the messages fails to exceed the threshold value, awaiting receipt of additional messages before determining the mood.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting an aggregate mood to a device of a host for an event at the given location.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an aggregate mood of the attendees of the event over a period of time.

7. A system comprising:
hardware processing circuitry;
a hardware memory storing instructions that when executed configure the hardware processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first messages from a first user devices at a given location;
determining that the given location of the user devices is within a threshold distance of a geographic location;
computing a number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location;
comparing the number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location to a threshold value;
in response to determining that the number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location exceeds the threshold value, determining a mood of the messages received from the user devices at the given location based on content included in the messages;
generating a chart that displays a plurality of separate indicators for attendees of an event having different demographical characteristics, a first indicator of the plurality of separate indicators comprising a video; and
determining a numerical value based on a magnitude of an audio signal included with the video.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
registering an event at the given location in response to determining that the number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location exceeds the threshold value.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein each of the messages includes one or more indicators comprising an image of a face of an attendee of an event, and wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a numerical value representing an intensity of emotion for each of the images based on a distribution of points on the face of the attendee within the image; and
causing display of a chart that is based on an aggregation of the numerical values.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to determining that the number of the messages fails to exceed the threshold value, awaiting receipt of additional messages before determining the mood.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting an aggregate mood to a device of a host for an event at the given location.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining an aggregate mood of the attendees of the event over a period of time.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving additional indicators for the attendees of the event; and
updating an aggregate mod based on the additional indicators.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising non-transitory computer readable instructions for performing operations comprising:
receiving a first messages from a first user devices at a given location;
determining that the given location of the user devices is within a threshold distance of a geographic location;
computing a number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location;
comparing the number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location to a threshold value;
in response to determining that the number of the messages received from the user devices at the given location exceeds the threshold value, determining a mood of the messages received from the user devices at the given location based on content included in the messages;
generating a chart that displays a plurality of separate indicators for attendees of an event having different demographical characteristics, a first indicator of the plurality of separate indicators comprising a video; and
determining a numerical value based on a magnitude of an audio signal included with the video.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining the numerical value representing an intensity of emotion for a set of images based on a distribution of points on a face of an attendee within an image; and
causing display of a chart that is based on an aggregation of the numerical values.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting an aggregate mood to a device of a host for an event at the given location.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise determining an aggregate mood of the attendees of the event over a period of time.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein each of the messages includes one or more indicators comprising an image of a face of an attendee of an event.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
plotting an aggregate mood of the attendees.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
registering an event at the given location in response to determining that the number of the messages exceeds the threshold value.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Chang Sheldon

Classifications

• G06F2203/011

  Emotion or mood input determined on the basis of sensed human body parameters such as pulse, heart rate or beat, temperature of skin, facial expressions, iris, voice pitch, brain activity patterns · CPC title

• G06V40/20

  Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition (recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16) · CPC title

• G06V40/175 Primary

  Static expression · CPC title

• G06V40/176

  Dynamic expression · CPC title

• G06V20/53 Primary

  Recognition of crowd images, e.g. recognition of crowd congestion · CPC title