ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,304, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ETH Zurich (Zurich).

"Method and assembly for determining a representation which indicates the activity of a locus coeruleus system of a user" was invented by Nicole Wenderoth (Zurich, Switzerland), Sarah Meissner (Zurich, Switzerland) and Marc Bachinger (Dubendorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present invention there is provided a computer implemented method for determining a representation which indicates the activity of a locus coeruleus system of a user, comprising the steps of, measuring the size of a pupil of a user; providing a representation the appearance...