AI Emotion Mask Display for Facial Expression Communication

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional masks hinder effective facial expression communication due to shielding half of the face, leading to estrangement and negative feelings during interactions.

Innovation Solution

An emotion perceiving artificial intelligence mask equipped with a processing circuit, sensing circuit, and display circuit, utilizing artificial intelligence to analyze emotion-perceiving messages and generate dynamic display pictures to convey expressions, enhanced by a wireless communication circuit for data exchange and power management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a conventional mask is worn to protect against viruses and in restricted environments, then protection and safety are improved, but facial expression communication is hindered leading to estrangement and negative feelings

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveprotectionVSAvoidfacial expression communication

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of sensors, processors, and display devices that mediate between the mask wearer and others. The sensors detect facial expressions, the processor analyzes them, and the display devices convey the expressions to others, thus preserving communication while maintaining protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/physical system of direct facial visibility with an electronic information system. Instead of relying on optical transmission of facial images, the system uses sensors to convert facial expressions into electrical signals, processes them, and displays them electronically, thus substituting a mechanical system with an electronic one.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the mask shields half of the face to prevent virus transmission, then infection prevention is improved, but emotional expression and communication are lost causing indifference and fear

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevirus transmission preventionVSAvoidemotional expression

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of sensors, processors, and display devices that mediate between the mask wearer and others. The sensors detect facial expressions, the processor analyzes them, and the display devices convey the expressions to others, thus preserving communication while maintaining protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback by detecting the wearer's facial expressions and conveying them to others through display devices. This feedback loop allows others to understand the wearer's emotions despite the mask, maintaining emotional communication while protection is preserved.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If a mask is worn in communication environments such as hospitals, plants and kitchens, then safety and hygiene are improved, but face-to-face communication effectiveness deteriorates due to shielded facial expressions

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesafetyVSAvoidcommunication effectiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of sensors, processors, and display devices that mediate between the mask wearer and others. The sensors detect facial expressions, the processor analyzes them, and the display devices convey the expressions to others, thus preserving communication while maintaining protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system is designed to be universally applicable in various communication environments such as hospitals, plants, and kitchens. The same mask with integrated sensors and display devices can be used across different settings, providing both safety protection and communication effectiveness universally.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12394391B2Emotion perceiving artificial intelligence mask and operating method

Publication Date: 2025.08.19 NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY

AI summary

An emotion perceiving artificial intelligence mask includes a processing circuit, a sensing circuit and a display circuit. The processing circuit includes a display control module and an artificial intelligence calculation module. The sensing circuit receives an emotion perceiving message and transmits the emotion perceiving message to the artificial intelligence calculation module. The artificial intelligence calculation module calculates and analyzes the emotion perceiving message to generate a multidimensional emotion perceiving index factor and transmit the multidimensional emotion perceiving index factor to the display control module. The display control module generates a dynamic display picture message according to the multidimensional emotion perceiving index factor. The display circuit receives the dynamic display picture message transmitted by the display control module and relatively displays an emotion perceiving dynamic picture. The intelligent mask provided by the present application has the function of displaying the emotional picture and effectively improves the user experience.