US Patent Issued to University of Miami on July 28 for "Artificial intelligence for evaluating patient distress using facial emotion recognition" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,733, issued on July 28, was assigned to University of Miami (Miami).

"Artificial intelligence for evaluating patient distress using facial emotion recognition" was invented by Dipen J. Parekh (Miami) and Jonathan E. Katz (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Artificial intelligence for evaluating patient distress using facial emotion recognition. In an embodiment, an artificial intelligence model is applied to facial image(s) of a patient to classify each facial image into one of a plurality of emotional states based on a facial expression in the facial image. A determination may be made as to whether or not to alert a healthcare pro...