ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,468, issued on June 2, was assigned to ACTION SPORT PSYCH (Honolulu).

"Heart rate measurement and mental state detection system and method for measuring heart interbeat interval and detecting a direction of attention of an individual engaged in an activity" was invented by Andrea Carvalho Dias (Kapolei, Hawaii).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heart rate measurement and mental state detection system and a heart rate measurement and mental state detection method for measuring heart interbeat interval and detecting a direction of attention of an individual engaged in an activity are disclosed. The heart rate measurement and mental state ...