ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,710, issued on July 22.

"Authentication system, and program" was invented by Katsunori Suetsugu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The security of authentication is enhanced compared to when a person is authenticated using only one type of authentication. An authentication system includes authentication means configured to authenticate a person, acquisition means configured to acquire an index value related to a health state of the person, generation means configured to generate transition data indicating transition of the index value acquired by the acquisition means, determination means configured to make a determination as to w...