Translating the heat from someone’s mouth into speech: “The radiation that’s emitted can be measured”
Written by admin2 on September 4th, 2009Filed under: Uncategorized
A University of Toronto professor says he has developed technology that will allow people with severe speech impairments to communicate using infrared cameras. It is believed to be the first time the technology has been harnessed to translate the heat from someone’s mouth into speech. ”This is something I’ve researched for many years and we have such a large population of people—and many don’t realize—that are aware and alert of what’s going on around them, but they have no means of interacting with their world,” engineering Prof. Tom Chau said Sunday. “We’re just trying to open up a world of possibilities for these people.” Chau said the heat that resonates from the human body is an indicator of the message people are trying to get across. ”The human body is an emitter of radiation, and the radiation that’s emitted can be measured,” Chau said in a recent news release. ”In the face, there’s a complex network of blood vessels. When you experience different emotions, there’s different flow of blood through the face and this causes temperature changes we can measure non-invasively using a thermal camera.”
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