Side face image-based mental state determination

An apparatus to determine a mental state comprising:

• a communication interface to receive image data for a same side of a face of a user from one or more image capture devices that are to be moveably coupled to the user and that have corresponding fields of view orientated in a direction from a rearward facial portion of the side of the face of the user towards a field of view of the user to capture image data for the side of the face of a user, wherein the one or more image capture devices include one or more of at least one image capture device to pan vertically across the side of the face of the user to capture the image data or at least two image capture devices that are vertically spaced apart to concurrently capture the image data for the side of the face of the user, and wherein the image data is to include two or more perspectives from different angles of a feature on the side of the face of the user,
• a region determiner logic circuit to determine a total overlap region on the side of the face of the user,
• a feature identifier logic circuit to identify the feature in the total overlap region, and
• a state determiner logic circuit to determine a mental state of the user based on each of the two or more perspectives from the different angles of the feature in the total overlap region.

At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• receive image data for a same side of a face of a user from one or more image capture devices that are to be moveably coupled to the user and that have corresponding fields of view orientated in a direction from a rearward facial portion of the side of the face of the user towards a field of view of the user to capture image data for the side of the face of a user, wherein the one or more image capture devices include one or more of at least one image capture device to pan vertically across the side of the face of the user to capture the image data or at least two image capture devices that are vertically spaced apart to concurrently capture the image data for the side of the face of the user, and wherein the image data is to include two or more perspectives from different angles of a feature on the side of the face of the user;
• determine a total overlap region on the side of the face of the user;
• identify the feature in the total overlap region;
• and
• determine a mental state of the user based on each of the two or more perspectives from the different angles of the feature in the total overlap region.

A method to determine a mental state comprising:

• receiving image data for a same side of a face of a user from one or more image capture devices that are moveably coupled to the user and that have corresponding fields of view orientated in a direction from a rearward facial portion of the side of the face of the user towards a field of view of the user to capture image data for the side of the face of a user, wherein the one or more image capture devices include one or more of at least one image capture device to pan vertically across the side of the face of the user to capture the image data or at least two image capture devices that are vertically spaced apart to concurrently capture the image data for the side of the face of the user, and wherein the image data includes two or more perspectives from different angles of a feature on the side of the face of the user;
• determining a total overlap region on the side of the face of the user;
• identifying the feature in the total overlap region;
• and
• determining a mental state of the user based on each of the two or more perspectives from the different angles of the feature in the total overlap region.