Emotion Analysis Model for Brain Signal Domain Shift

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing emotion recognition technologies using deep learning face a domain shift problem, where models trained on brain signal data from one domain struggle to analyze data from another domain, due to high variability in brain signal data influenced by atmosphere, time, and individuals.

Innovation Solution

The proposed method involves constructing an emotion analysis model that extracts domain-invariant and emotion-specific features from brain signal data. This model includes a feature extractor module with attention mechanisms and a domain discriminator module to minimize domain shift errors during training.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a deep learning model is trained using brain signal data from one domain, then emotion recognition accuracy is improved for that domain, but the model cannot analyze brain signal data from other domains due to domain shift

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemotion recognition accuracyVSAvoidcross-domain applicability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The model architecture is segmented into distinct components: a feature extractor module that captures domain-invariant characteristics, a domain discriminator module that identifies domain-specific variations, and an emotion classifier module that performs emotion recognition. This segmentation allows the system to separately handle domain-invariant and domain-specific features, enabling cross-domain emotion recognition while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The domain discriminator module acts as an intermediary that mediates between the feature extractor and the emotion classifier. It identifies domain-specific variations and enables the model to adapt to different domains by learning domain-invariant features, thus bridging the gap between source and target domains without requiring retraining.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If brain signal data is collected from multiple domains to improve cross-domain performance, then domain shift problem is reduced, but data variability increases making training more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecross-domain performanceVSAvoidtraining stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The model applies different processing strategies to different aspects of the data: the feature extractor focuses on extracting domain-invariant local features that are consistent across domains, while the domain discriminator handles domain-specific variations. This local quality approach allows the model to maintain training stability by treating invariant and variant features differently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The model dynamically adjusts its parameters based on the input domain characteristics. The domain discriminator module detects domain-specific variations and modifies the feature extraction process accordingly, allowing the model to adapt to different data distributions while maintaining reliable training through parameter optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250077879A1Method and apparatus for recognizing emotion using brain signal data
Publication Date: 2025.03.06 ELECTRONICS & TELECOMM RES INST
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AI summary

A method of recognizing an emotion using brain signal data includes a step in which an emotion recognition apparatus receives brain signal data, a step in which the emotion recognition apparatus inputs the brain signal data into an emotion analysis model, and a step in which the emotion recognition apparatus recognizes an emotion on the basis of an output value of the emotion analysis model. The emotion analysis model may be a model configured to extract a domain-invariant and emotion-specific feature and then analyze an emotion on the basis of the extracted feature.