ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,581, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Systems and methods for skin color classification" was invented by Abderrachid Hamrani (Miami) and Anuradha Godavarty (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for classification and/or analysis of skin color(s) are provided. The technology integrates artificial intelligence (AI) with dermatology to enhance skin color classification. The unique matching technique aligns skin images with the Fitzpatrick skin type palette through Euclidean distance matching, achieving higher precision in skin color classification com...