ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,109, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).
"Gaming machine and method for evaluating player reactions" was invented by Gregory Paul Schwartz (Las Vegas), Steven M. Santisi (Las Vegas) and Craig Paulsen (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming system includes at least one processor configured to: receive, from a mobile computing device of a player, a digital image of the player captured during a gaming session of an electronic game; analyze the digital image using facial expression analysis techniques to determine a current emotional state of the player; categor...