ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,552, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Serve Operating Co. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Remote physiological data sensing robot" was invented by Hani Eskandari (Vancouver, Canada), Ali Haghighat Kashani (San Francisco), Sean Tracey Plaice (San Francisco) and Bastian Jan Michael Lehmann (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques described in this application are directed to an autonomous robot that is configured to interact with its environment through identifying the presence and emotional state (e.g., mood) of live subjects in the scene. The autonomous robot includes one or more remote physiological data collecting sensors ...