Development of a Content Rating System Using a Pressure Sensor and Its Application to a Comic Dialogue

We have developed a content rating system based on the evaluations of two or more audiences. The audiences watch the content using this system, and they input emoticons using a pressure sensor if they feel that the content is interesting. The system displays these emoticons on a chat screen, and records them in a log. We applied this system to a Japanese form of comic dialogue, and performed a series of experiments. The comic dialogue involves two people, one in the role of "boke," and the other as "tsukkomi." We found that the appearance of emoticons and the laughter recorded in the content do not necessarily occur at the same time.