EmotionHelper

EmotionHelper (零唯一思), whose full corporate name is Shanghai Lingweiyisi Technology Co., Ltd. (上海零唯一思科技有限公司), is a Chinese brain–computer interface (BCI) company headquartered in Shanghai. It positions itself at the intersection of affective computing, neuroscience and clinical mental-health technology, with a stated mission to innovate and practice emotion-intelligence technology so that machines can serve humanity in a warmer, more caring way. The company's near-term focus is clinical: it provides an objective depression-state assessment system and digital therapeutics based on multimodal affective brain–computer interface technology, aimed at patients with depression. Its longer-term vision is broader — to build intelligent systems and emotional service robots suited to a wide range of populations, so that machines can understand people's minds and intentions and contribute to a harmonious society. EmotionHelper's scientific identity is closely tied to Professor Lü Baoliang (吕宝粮) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Department of Computer Science and Engineering, who serves as the company's Chief Scientist. The company's public communications highlight his role in leading the drafting of China's first group standard for affective brain–computer interfaces, his receipt of the Chinese BCI "Huanuo Award" (华瑙奖) for outstanding scholars, and his participation in the first Brain-inspired Intelligence Frontier Technology Forum held in Hangzhou's Shangcheng District. In 2024, work jointly completed by Lü Baoliang's team and Shanghai Lingweiyisi Technology was selected among the "Huanuo — Top Ten Advances in China's Brain-Computer Interface" for the year. The company maintains an active public presence through its website's company-dynamics section, reporting on conferences, standards, awards and media coverage of affective BCI. Its contact number is listed as (021) 3328 0578. As a privately held Chinese technology company, it operates primarily in the Chinese market, with its brand name EmotionHelper used in English-language contexts and 零唯一思 in Chinese.

EmotionHelper, registered in full as Shanghai Lingweiyisi Technology Co., Ltd. (上海零唯一思科技有限公司), is a Chinese brain–computer interface company headquartered in Shanghai. It describes itself as pursuing "original innovation from zero to one" rather than short-term profit, a slogan that also echoes its Chinese name 零唯一思 (literally "zero, only, one, thought"). The company's stated mission is to innovate and practice emotion-intelligence technology so that machines can serve humanity more warmly, and its vision is to provide quality services and support for people's healthy emotional lives. Its near-term product direction is clinical: an objective depression-state assessment system and digital therapeutics based on multimodal affective brain–computer interface technology, aimed at patients with depression. Its longer-term ambition is to build intelligent systems and emotional service robots for a wide range of populations. A defining feature of the company's history is its close association with Professor Lü Baoliang (吕宝粮) of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, who serves as Chief Scientist. Under his leadership, the company has been involved in setting standards and winning recognition in China's emerging BCI field. On 27 August 2025, the company announced that China's first group standard for affective brain–computer interfaces — an emotion-assessment system based on affective BCI — had been released, led by Lü Baoliang. On 31 December 2024, the Huanuo Award committee released the "Huanuo — Top Ten Advances in China's Brain-Computer Interface" for 2024, and work led by Lü Baoliang together with Shanghai Lingweiyisi Technology was selected. In February 2026, Lü Baoliang received the Chinese BCI "Huanuo Award" for Outstanding Scholar, announced at the first National BCI Developers Conference in Tianjin. In September 2026, he gave a plenary report at the First Brain-inspired Intelligence Frontier Technology Forum, organized by the Furui Brain-inspired Intelligence Innovation Center in Hangzhou's Shangcheng District. The company maintains a public company-dynamics page documenting these milestones, conference appearances and media coverage, including a December 2024 piece on how affective BCI "mind reading" can decode emotion and heal the mind, and a November 2024 appearance at the second BCI Conference and the fourth plenary of the BCI Industry Alliance in Wuhan. Its listed contact number is (021) 3328 0578. As of the available evidence, the company is privately held and active, operating primarily in China.

• EmotionHelper Chief Scientist Lü Baoliang represented the "BCI 50-Person Forum" at the second BCI Conference and the fourth plenary of the BCI Industry Alliance in Wuhan.

• Work led by Lü Baoliang together with Shanghai Lingweiyisi Technology was selected in the "Huanuo — Top Ten Advances in China's Brain-Computer Interface" for 2024.

• China's first group standard for affective brain–computer interfaces, led by Lü Baoliang, was released.

• Lü Baoliang received the Chinese BCI "Huanuo Award" for Outstanding Scholar at the first National BCI Developers Conference in Tianjin.

• Lü Baoliang gave a plenary report at the First Brain-inspired Intelligence Frontier Technology Forum (Fudan–Shangcheng).

Affective brain–computer interface and emotion-intelligence company focused on objective mental-health assessment and digital therapeutics, with a long-term vision of emotional service robots.

• Objective depression-state assessment system based on multimodal affective BCI

  A clinical system that uses multimodal affective brain–computer interface technology to objectively assess depression states in patients.

• Digital therapeutics for depression

  Digital therapeutic offering aimed at patients with depression, developed alongside the assessment system.

1. 1零唯一思官网首页emotionhelper.com
2. 2零唯一思关于我们emotionhelper.com
3. 3零唯一思公司最新动态emotionhelper.com
4. 4Wikidata: EmotionHelperwikidata.org
5. 5维基百科：零唯一思zh.wikipedia.org