ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,534, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BI Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for detecting impairment based upon facial image" was invented by Ric Miller (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide systems and methods for identifying impairment using measurement devices and trained models, and/or for indicating interference with impairment testing. Embodiments discussed herein provide systems, methods, and/or devices that enable remote impairment testing that does not require a human monitor to be present or physically near the individual being monitored. Such an ability is an improvement."

The...