A Facial-Recognition-Based Playlist?
Some day, your cellphone might be able to read you as well as your best friend or significant other, though not if you have a poker face.
Sony Ericsson filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office earlier this month for technology that would allow a device to create MP3 playlists based on a user’s facial expressions.
It may not work out for the strong silent types, but the premise of the technology is that a cellphone would take a photo of the user’s face, analyze his facial characteristics and tailor a playlist to suit his mood.
