Walmart developing technology to detect unhappy, frustrated customers
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Retail giant Walmart is developing facial recognition technology.
This new technology would detect customers who are unhappy or frustrated.
It uses video cameras at store checkout lines that monitor customers’ facial expressions and movements to try and identify varying levels of dissatisfaction, according to a patent filing.
The Wall Street Journal says a patent for the technology has been filed.
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