March 2, 2010
Lip reading technology for cell phones ensures quiet conversations
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) presented a method for soundless calling at CeBIT, Hanover.
In their own words:
The Institute for Anthropomatics has developed a technology that enables people to speak soundlessly and still to be understood by the conversation partner.
This technology is based on the principle of electromyography, that is the acquisition and recording of electrical potentials generated by muscle activity. This muscle activity is measured in the face. Four applications of this technology will be exhibited.
An example is soundless calling. The user can speak into the phone soundlessly, but is still understood by the conversation partner on the other end of the line. As a result, it is possible to communicate in silent environments, at the cinema or theater, without disturbing others. Another field of use is the transmission of confidential information.
For the transmission of passwords and PINs, for example, users can change seamlessly to soundless language and, hence, transmit confidential information in a tap-proof manner.
[via CeBIT Press]
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