US Patent Issued on March 18 for "System and method for non-verbally communicating a person's emotional state to others" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,782, issued on March 18.

"System and method for non-verbally communicating a person's emotional state to others" was invented by Patricia A. Persicone (Fresno, Calif.) and Mario A. Persicone (Fresno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for helping a non-communicative person with communicating his or her emotional state to a caretaker. The system has a display unit and a plurality of display plates. The display unit has a base, a plate support that supports one display plate, a light source that directs light to the display plate and a power source that provides electrical power to the light source. In one confi...