US Patent Issued to Vanderbilt University, North Carolina State University on Oct. 14 for "Systems and methods for evaluating and mitigating problem behavior by detecting precursors" (Tennessee, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,147, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.) and North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for evaluating and mitigating problem behavior by detecting precursors" was invented by Nilanjan Sarkar (Brentwood, Tenn.), Zhaobo Zheng (Nashville, Tenn.), Amy S. Weitlauf (Nashville, Tenn.), John Staubitz (Nashville, Tenn.), Zachary E. Warren (Nashville, Tenn.) and James P. Dieffenderfer (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for predicting problem behavior in individuals with developmental and behavior disabilities. A plurality of sensors are configure...