IP Library Granted Patent US 12,418,613
Granted Patent B2
US 12,418,613 · App. 18/524,696 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Apparatus and methods for monitoring human trustworthiness

Inventors: Bradford R. Everman (Haddonfield, NJ); Brian Bradke (Brookfield, VT)
H04M3/2281G10L25/27G10L25/51
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Patent No.
US 12,418,613
App. No.
18/524,696
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for monitoring human trustworthiness, comprising at least an interface configured to facilitate telecommunication for a participant, a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of signals from the participant, and at least a computing device configured to receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of sensors, generate a participant trustworthiness classifier using at least a training sample by training the participant trustworthiness classifier using the at least a training sample, determine a participant trustworthiness as a function of the plurality of signals using the trained participant trustworthiness classifier, and generate a confidence metric associated with the determined participant trustworthiness.

Claims (53)

1. An apparatus for monitoring human trustworthiness, wherein the apparatus comprises:

at least an interface configured to facilitate telecommunication for a participant;

a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of signals from the participant; and

at least a computing device comprising:

at least a processor; and

a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to:

receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of sensors;

generate a participant trustworthiness classifier using at least a training sample, wherein generating the participant trustworthiness classifier comprises:

training the participant trustworthiness classifier using the at least a training sample, wherein the at least a training sample comprises a plurality of visible feedback signals and auditory feedback signals as input correlated to a plurality of responses of known trustworthiness as output;

determine a participant trustworthiness as a function of the plurality of signals using the trained participant trustworthiness classifier; and

generate a confidence metric associated with the determined participant trustworthiness.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of signals comprises one or more biofeedback signals.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of signals comprises a geographic location signal associated with the participant.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors comprising at least a sensor selected from a group consisting a near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy sensor, an exhalation sensor, an inhalation sensor, a cutaneous sensor, a speech sensor, an eye movement sensor, and a body movement sensor.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein receiving the plurality of signals comprises:

receiving the plurality of signals from the plurality of sensors during a teleconference between the participant and an interlocutor.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory contains instructions further configuring the at least a processor to:

train at least a machine learning model using eye pattern training data, wherein the eye pattern training data comprises a plurality of eye parameters as input correlated to a plurality of eye patterns as output; and

determine at least an eye pattern as a function of the plurality of signals using the at least a machine learning model.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein generating the confidence metric comprises:

generating the confidence metric associated with the participant trustworthiness as a function of the at least an eye pattern, wherein the at least an eye pattern comprises a frequency of gaze at the at least an interface associated with the participant.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory contains instructions further configuring the at least a processor to:

train at least a machine learning model using speech pattern training data, wherein the speech pattern training data comprises a plurality of speech parameters as input correlated to a plurality of speech patterns as output; and

determine at least a speech pattern as a function of the plurality of signals using the at least a machine learning model.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein determining the participant trustworthiness comprises:

determining the participant trustworthiness as a function of the at least a speech pattern, wherein the at least a speech pattern comprises a plurality of prosodic variables.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory contains instructions further configuring the at least a processor to:

modify at least a display parameter associated with the at least an interface as a function of the participant trustworthiness and the confidence metric.

11. A method for monitoring human trustworthiness, the method comprising:

facilitating, by at least an interface, telecommunication for a participant;

detecting, by a plurality of sensors, a plurality of signals from the participant;

receiving, by at least a processor, the plurality of signals from the plurality of sensors;

generating, by the at least a processor, a participant trustworthiness classifier using at least a training sample, wherein generating the participant trustworthiness classifier comprises:

training the participant trustworthiness classifier using the at least a training sample, wherein the at least a training sample comprises a plurality of visible feedback signals and auditory feedback signals as input correlated to a plurality of responses of known trustworthiness as output;

determining, by the at least a processor, a participant trustworthiness as a function of the plurality of signals using the trained participant trustworthiness classifier; and

generating, by the at least a processor, a confidence metric associated with the determined participant trustworthiness.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of signals comprises one or more biofeedback signals.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of signals comprises a geographic location signal associated with the participant.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of sensors comprising at least a sensor selected from a group consisting a near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy sensor, an exhalation sensor, an inhalation sensor, a cutaneous sensor, a speech sensor, an eye movement sensor, and a body movement sensor.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the plurality of signals comprises:

receiving the plurality of signals from the plurality of sensors during a teleconference between the participant and an interlocutor.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprises:

training, by the at least a processor, at least a machine learning model using eye pattern training data, wherein the eye pattern training data comprises a plurality of eye parameters as input correlated to a plurality of eye patterns as output; and

determining, by the at least a processor, at least an eye pattern as a function of the plurality of signals using the at least a machine learning model.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein generating the confidence metric comprises:

generating the confidence metric associated with the participant trustworthiness as a function of the at least an eye pattern, wherein the at least an eye pattern comprises a frequency of gaze at the at least an interface associated with the participant.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprises:

training, by the at least a processor, at least a machine learning model using speech pattern training data, wherein the speech pattern training data comprises a plurality of speech parameters as input correlated to a plurality of speech patterns as output; and

determining, by the at least a processor, at least a speech pattern as a function of the plurality of signals using the at least a machine learning model.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein determining the participant trustworthiness comprises:

determining the participant trustworthiness as a function of the at least a speech pattern, wherein the at least a speech pattern comprises a plurality of prosodic variables.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprises:

modifying, by the at least a processor, at least a display parameter associated with the at least an interface as a function of the participant trustworthiness and the confidence metric.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 18072446 · Nov 30, 2022
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