ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,411, issued on May 26, was assigned to FaceToFace Biometrics Inc. (St. Louis).
"Expression recognition in messaging systems" was invented by Eric Leuthardt (St. Louis) and Scott Stern (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer device such as a smartphone includes at least one processor programmed to monitor a video feed from at least one camera to detect a facial profile of an operating user when a messaging interface is being used, match the detected facial profile against a known facial profile utilizing a facial recognition process to verify an identity of the operating user, determine a plurality of human expressions of ...