Provided is a recognition device. The recognition device may comprise: a photographing unit photographing a counterpart facing a user; an emotion recognition unit recognizing external emotions of the counterpart through analysis of an image of the counterpart photographed by the photographing unit; and a display unit displaying the external emotions by voice or vibration. According to the present invention, the counterpart photographed by the camera can be analyzed and the external emotions of the counterpart can be recognized.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING EMOTIONS