Intel develops 3D notebook camera: ability to perceive emotions

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time, August 27 morning, the latest news from Intel (22.28,-0.17,-0.74%) shows that laptop and tablet integrated camera will become a powerful 3D tool to track the movement and mood of users, and even monitor children's reading habits. Intel is developing a "deep sensing" camera, said Annier Nan Aldouri, director of Intel's perceived products and solutions, Anil Nanduri. This is the enhanced version of the current 3D camera to better detect the depth of the image, thus "bridging the gap between the real world and the virtual world." The development of the camera will help computers better understand users, bring new ways of interacting with 3D games and make videoconferencing more fun, says South Aldouri. "Computers will be able to perceive your emotions, whether they are happy or smiling," he says. Algorithms and techniques already exist, but further improvements are needed. After being more powerful, you will see the application of these technologies. "The camera that perceives the depth of the image is expected to appear in notebooks and hyper-polar in the second half of 2014," he said. This technology will initially appear in the Senz3d external camera. SENZ3D is a product jointly developed by Logitech and Intel and is expected to be launched in the next few quarters. The camera technology will eventually be applied to tablet computers and smartphones. Such a camera can recognize the features, contours, and shapes of an object. This brings a variety of applications, such as Help for 3D printing. The camera can perceive the precise specifications and other details of a design and then print it out using 3D printing technology. "You will no longer have to buy the shell of the equipment," says Nancy Aldouri. You can point to a device, have it identified by the camera, know the model, and the shell will print. Or you can go to the store and have the store print it for you. "With eye-tracking technology, such a camera can track the user's reading behavior and information consumption." For example, a camera can track a user's reading to see if a child has been paying attention to certain words, how much they read, and whether they need help with a particular word. Such a camera can also be applied to motion-sensing games, such as detecting whether a user can grab virtual objects in three-dimensional space with their hands. The data obtained from the camera can be used in combination with speech recognition and enhanced human-computer interaction. There are already some 3D camera products on the market, but Intel is trying to improve the algorithm and hardware features to make such a camera more useful. "In the long run, Kinect is a good initial version of the deep perception camera," says Nancy Aldouri. For this technology, we mainly focus on its personal interaction, that is, 1 meters or 0.5 meters away from the application. "Integrating such a camera into an extremely thin fuselage poses challenges, and Intel is using high-resolution short-range camera technology to address this problem." And once this technology is applied to devices, users will in many cases get rid of keyboards and mice. "When you get image depth information, you will be able toTo achieve many functions. "(Chu Yue)