US 12,357,210 B2
Distributed discernment detection system with plural user interface devices
Judee Burgoon, Tucson, AZ (US); Douglas Derrick, Omaha, NE (US); Aaron Elkins, San Diego, CA (US); John David Mackstaller, Tucson, AZ (US); and Jay Nunamaker, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Discern Science International, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by DISCERN SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,046.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,642, filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354401 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/164 (2013.01) [A61B 5/163 (2017.08); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distributed discernment system comprising:
a discernment server including a processer running a diagnostic program and server interface permitting bi-directional communications to and from the discernment server; and
a plurality of human interface devices, each human interface device including a display capable of presenting a video segment of a virtual human interviewer asking a question to an interviewee interacting with the human interface device, a plurality of sensors capable of detecting various responses of a human interviewee to each presented question, and a system interface permitting bi-directional communications to and from the human interface system, wherein:
the diagnostic program running on the discernment server is adapted to generate interview instructions to be provided to a plurality of human interface devices over the communications network, wherein the instructions provided to a given human interface device are intended to cause the human interface device to present certain stimuli to a human interviewee interacting with the given human interface device;
each of the plurality of human interface devices is adapted receive interview instructions from the discernment server over the communication network and, in response to such instructions,
present a video segment of a virtual human interviewer asking a question to a human interviewee, where at least the content of the question is determined from the interview instructions;
receive sensor data reflecting the human interviewee's reaction to the question;
communicate at least some of the received sensor data to the discernment server using the communication network; and
the discernment server is adapted to receive data from each of a plurality of the human interface devices and analyze such data to provide an assessment of the state of the human interviewee interacting with the human interface device.