TY - GEN
T1 - Tearsense
T2 - 5th Augmented Human International Conference, AH 2014
AU - Mitani, Marina
AU - Kakehi, Yasuaki
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - People shed tears when they become emotional watching movies or reading novels. In this research, we propose a sensor system for illuminating and recording teardrops and describe its applications pertaining to entertainment content such as movies and novels. A tape sensor is attached below the eyes, which is controlled by a microcontroller and a PC. Two parallel lines are drawn on the tape with conductive ink, and when a teardrop runs over these two lines, a microcontroller senses the change in electrical voltage. In this paper, we propose a system that provides a new way to experience and communicate reactions to entertainment content by converting tears into light or sound in real-time, or by sharing with others archives of the content that has moved us to tears.
AB - People shed tears when they become emotional watching movies or reading novels. In this research, we propose a sensor system for illuminating and recording teardrops and describe its applications pertaining to entertainment content such as movies and novels. A tape sensor is attached below the eyes, which is controlled by a microcontroller and a PC. Two parallel lines are drawn on the tape with conductive ink, and when a teardrop runs over these two lines, a microcontroller senses the change in electrical voltage. In this paper, we propose a system that provides a new way to experience and communicate reactions to entertainment content by converting tears into light or sound in real-time, or by sharing with others archives of the content that has moved us to tears.
KW - Sharing emotions and preferences
KW - Teardrops
KW - Watching movies
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U2 - 10.1145/2582051.2582053
DO - 10.1145/2582051.2582053
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84899833330
SN - 9781450327619
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - Proceedings of the 5th Augmented Human International Conference, AH 2014
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 7 March 2014 through 8 March 2014
ER -