ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,060, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Gleenr Inc. (New York).

"System and method for determining human emotions" was invented by Kanat Sultanbekov (New York) and Viktor Ivanov (Moscow).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system and method for determining human emotions. The system includes an input device for receiving at least one image of a human face and at least one processor for: processing the at least one image to generate a heat map of the at least one image as a first identifying data; processing the heat map to generate a second identifying data relating to emotional conditions based on heat; pr...