US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Aug. 25 for "In-ear functional near-infrared spectroscopy for cognitive load estimation" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,342, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"In-ear functional near-infrared spectroscopy for cognitive load estimation" was invented by Antje Ihlefeld (Redmond, Wash.) and Morteza Khaleghimeybodi (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cognitive load estimation system. The system includes an-in ear device (IED) configured to be placed within an ear canal of a user. The IED includes a first set of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) optodes that are configured to capture first fNIRS signal data representing hemodynamic changes in a brain of the user. The system furt...