Being bored? Recognising natural interest by extensive audiovisual integration for real-life application

• Published in: Image and vision computing Vol. 27; no. 12; pp. 1760 - 1774
• Main Authors: Schuller, Björn, Müller, Ronald, Eyben, Florian, Gast, Jürgen, Hörnler, Benedikt, Wöllmer, Martin, Rigoll, Gerhard, Höthker, Anja, Konosu, Hitoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2009
• Subjects: Affective computing; Audiovisual processing; Interest recognition; Audiovisual processing; Interest recognition; Affective computing

Automatic detection of the level of human interest is of high relevance for many technical applications, such as automatic customer care or tutoring systems. However, the recognition of spontaneous interest in natural conversations independently of the subject remains a challenge. Identification of...