device which predicts the emotions of the - EDD works under the principle of PHOTO-PLETHYSMOGRAPHY. individual . - Photo-plethysmograph is an optically obtained volumetric measurement of - People suffering with ALEXITHYMIA cannot organ. express their emotion. - When heart pumps blood to the organs there occur some change in the size of the organ. - This change caused by pressure pulse is detected by illuminating the skin with light from LED & measuring light transmitted or reflected to a photodiode. - A convectional oximeter monitors the flow of blood to skin. TECHNOGY?
- We need a system to analyse the
WHY? oximeter readings. - MACHINE LEARNING comes handy to compare the oximeter readings. - Machine learning algorithm which will - A person suffering with ALEXITHYMIA cannot express his compare the reading will take care emotios. about the analysis of the readings. - This became a problem to psychiatrists treating these patients. - Even thought they cannot express thieir organs respond to every emotion. - When they are appy they don't smile but their heart rate and BP changes. - For every emotion some specfic change occours in the Heart EARLIER? rate,Blood Pressure,Blood viscosity etc., due to their completely uneffected adrenaline and pitutary glands.
- Emotions were detected using facial
expressions by capturing numerous images. - This fails in case of ALEXITHYMIA , ML EDD patient's facial expressions dosen't change.
EM OTION BLOOD PRESSURE BLOOD VISCOSITY HEART RATE