Founded at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), the start-up “Beyond Emotion” aims to set a new standard with AI-based emotion recognition software. The aim is to relieve the burden on caregivers and relatives and increase the digital participation of senior citizens. The developed product BEJOY can be pre-ordered at a pre-sale price of 449 euros.
Demographic change is presenting our society with new challenges, particularly in the area of care and support. Beyond Emotion, a leading company in the field of emotion recognition, is addressing this by enabling mood recognition integrated into a digital picture frame that informs relatives of negative moods and sends a direct message in the event of prolonged inactivity. Senior citizens place the BEJOY smart photo frame in their living room and the whole family can share photos displayed on the digital photo frame via a mobile app. In this way, BEJOY promotes digital participation and networking across generations and provides security.
“Our vision at Beyond Emotion is to support demographic change with our innovative technology and make a positive contribution to society,” explains Hanne Butting, co-founder of Beyond Emotion. The start-up stands for quality and reliability in the field of emotion recognition. Through continuous research and development, Beyond Emotion aims to actively shape demographic change and contribute to improving the quality of life of people worldwide.
The founding team of Dr. Arne Bernin, Hanne Butting and Sobin Ghose has 18 years of research experience in the field of emotion recognition and human-computer interaction and has developed an innovative AI technology for emotion recognition. This technology offers added value for many areas, especially against the backdrop of demographic change and the shortage of skilled workers. At HAW Hamburg, Arne and Sobin worked in the Smart Systems Research and Transfer Center of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science and in the EmotionBike research project. The Beyond Emotion team currently consists of 16 people (including three freelancers), four of whom are HAW alumni and four of whom are currently studying at HAW Hamburg.
Further information on Beyond Emotion and the innovative product BEJOY, which can be pre-ordered at a pre-sale price of 449 euros, can be found at www.bejoy.me.
About Beyond Emotion
Beyond Emotion is a Hamburg-based company in the field of emotion recognition. As a spin-off from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) and supported by the start-up service of HAW Hamburg and the Startup Port network, funded by the EXIST start-up grant (September 2020 to August 2021), Profi Impuls (April to October 2022) and InnoRampUp from IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH (January to December 2023), the company has created a solution that offers the opportunity to create positive added value in the healthcare sector through the use of AI.
