SBIR Phase I: Cloud-Enabled Analysis Of Facial Affect

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目旨在开发Affectiva Face Reader平台；这是一个支持云的软件，作为服务平台，从面部分析情绪和认知状态。Affectiva Face Reader平台解决了潜在的利润丰厚的商业机会：1)市场研究，2)媒体研究，3)产品测试和4)可用性测试，提供对客户共鸣的洞察。该方法包括构建一个多层架构，使面部表情分析无缝、可扩展和负担得起。该公司设想推出一款产品，将人脸分析作为一种负担得起的软件即服务解决方案提供，使用高度可扩展的云计算资源，使学者和较小的用户能够使用，并使行业中的重度用户能够更高利润地使用。我们的目标是提供一种技术服务，对客户和企业交流产品体验的方式产生积极影响。拟议中的产品在几个方面具有潜在的变革性：该公司允许更准确地理解人类交流的一个重要方面，他们正在使市场研究民主化。此外，如果该产品成功部署，将有可能加速社会智力的心理学和临床研究。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop Affectiva Face Reader Platform; a cloud-enabled software as a service platform for the analysis of emotional and cognitive states from the face. Affectiva Face Reader Platform addresses potentially lucrative business opportunity in: 1) market research, 2) media research, 3) product testing and 4) usability testing, offering insights into customer resonance. The approach consists of building a multitier architecture that makes facial expression analysis seamless, scalable and affordable. The company envisions a product that offers face-analysis as an affordable software as a service solution using highly scalable cloud-computing resources, enabling use by academics and smaller users, and higher-profit use by heavy users in industry. The goal is a technology service that positively impacts the way customers and businesses communicate about product experiences. The proposed product is potentially transformative in several ways: the company is allowing more accurate understanding of an important aspect of human communication, and they are democratizing market research. In addition, the product if successfully deployed has the potential to accelerate psychological and clinical research on social intelligence.