US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Indiana University on Sept. 2 for "Avatar-based behavior changing system and method" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,421, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to The Trustees of Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Avatar-based behavior changing system and method" was invented by Brandon Oberlin (Indianapolis) and Andrew Nelson (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A behavioral change observation system for inducing a behavioral change of a subject generated via virtual reality interactions with avatars comprises an image capturing/streaming device configured to capture a reaction of the subject as the subject is responding to each interactive session and an avatar reaction computing device. The image capturing/streaming device streams to the...