ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,338, issued on June 24.
"Combined in-motion facial recognition for mass spectator event entry and item fulfillment system and method" was invented by Todd Martin (Aubrey, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactless system and method for mass attendee event venue entry and item delivery system for facilitating expeditious and controlled entry of an influx of people to the event without overwhelming event venue employees or resources. A digital entry image of a person is taken by a camera (106) as the person moves through a photo zone (124). The digital entry image is compared using facial recognition technology with a stored pr...