US Patent Issued to NantWorks on Sept. 8 for "Smart article visual communication based on facial movement" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,634, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NantWorks LLC (Culver City, Calif.).

"Smart article visual communication based on facial movement" was invented by Nicholas James Witchey (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and Patrick Soon-Shiong (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart mask includes a first material layer, at least one display, a first sensor, and a control module. The first material layer is configured to cover a portion of a face of a person. The at least one display is connected to the first material layer and configured to display images over a mouth of the person. The first sensor is configured to detect movement of the m...