MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541133079 A) filed by Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'a hybrid intelligent system and method for depression detection using multimodal emotion recognition.'

Inventor(s) include Mrs. Janaswami. Hymavathi; and Dr. Chokka. Anuradha.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a development of a hybrid intelligent system & approach for detection of depression that combines multimodal emotion recognition from verbal & facial video, text, & optional physiol...