What Does Emotion Recognition Mean?

Emotion recognition is a technique used in software that allows a program to “read” the emotions on a human face using advanced image processing. Companies have been experimenting with combining sophisticated algorithms with image processing techniques that have emerged in the past ten years to understand more about what an image or a video of a person’s face tells us about how he/she is feeling.

Techopedia Explains Emotion Recognition

With advances in technology, emotion recognition software has become very capable. Besides its ability to track basic facial expressions for emotion such as sadness, happiness, anger, surprise, etc., emotion recognition software can also capture what experts call “micro-expressions” or subtle body language cues that may betray an individual’s feelings without his/her knowledge.