VEO-engine: Interfacing and reasoning with an emotion ontology for device visual expression

Muhammad Amith; Rebecca Lin; Chen Liang; Yang Gong; Cui Tao

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92279-9_47

VEO-engine: Interfacing and reasoning with an emotion ontology for device visual expression

Muhammad Amith, Rebecca Lin, Chen Liang, Yang Gong, Cui Tao

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Abstract

In order for machines to understand or express emotion to users, the specific emotions must be formally defined and the software coded to how those emotions are to be expressed. This is particularly important if devices or computer-based tools are utilized in clinical settings, which may be stressful for patients and where emotions can dominate their decision making. We have reported our development and feasibility results of an ontology, Visualized Emotion Ontology (VEO), that links abstract visualizations that express specific emotions. Here, we used VEO with the VEO-Engine, a software API package that interfaces with the VEO. The VEO-Engine was developed in Java using Apache Jena and OWL-API. The software package was tested on a Raspberry Pi machine with a small touchscreen display that linked each visualization to an emotion. The VEO-Engine stores input parameters of emotional situations and valences to reason and interpret users’ emotions using the ontology-based reasoner. With this software, devices can interfaced wirelessly, so smart devices with visual displays can interact with the ontology. By means of the VEO-Engine, we show the portability and usability of the VEO in human-computer interaction.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	HCI International 2018 – Posters’ Extended Abstracts - 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Constantine Stephanidis
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	349-355
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783319922782
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92279-9_47
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	20th International Conference on HCI, HCI International 2018 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: Jul 15 2018 → Jul 20 2018

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	851
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

Conference

Conference	20th International Conference on HCI, HCI International 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	7/15/18 → 7/20/18

Keywords

Affective computing
Emotions
Ontology
Semantic web
mHealth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
General Mathematics

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Amith, M., Lin, R., Liang, C., Gong, Y., & Tao, C. (2018). VEO-engine: Interfacing and reasoning with an emotion ontology for device visual expression. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), HCI International 2018 – Posters’ Extended Abstracts - 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Proceedings (pp. 349-355). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 851). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92279-9_47

VEO-engine: Interfacing and reasoning with an emotion ontology for device visual expression. / Amith, Muhammad; Lin, Rebecca; Liang, Chen et al.
HCI International 2018 – Posters’ Extended Abstracts - 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Constantine Stephanidis. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 349-355 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 851).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Amith, M, Lin, R, Liang, C, Gong, Y & Tao, C 2018, VEO-engine: Interfacing and reasoning with an emotion ontology for device visual expression. in C Stephanidis (ed.), HCI International 2018 – Posters’ Extended Abstracts - 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 851, Springer Verlag, pp. 349-355, 20th International Conference on HCI, HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, United States, 7/15/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92279-9_47

Amith M, Lin R, Liang C, Gong Y, Tao C. VEO-engine: Interfacing and reasoning with an emotion ontology for device visual expression. In Stephanidis C, editor, HCI International 2018 – Posters’ Extended Abstracts - 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 349-355. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92279-9_47

Amith, Muhammad ; Lin, Rebecca ; Liang, Chen et al. / VEO-engine : Interfacing and reasoning with an emotion ontology for device visual expression. HCI International 2018 – Posters’ Extended Abstracts - 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Proceedings. editor / Constantine Stephanidis. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 349-355 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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