US Patent Issued to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES on July 8 for "Electronic device for automated user identification" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,398, issued on July 8, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).

"Electronic device for automated user identification" was invented by Howie Ho Wai Lau (Seattle) and Jennifer Li (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes techniques for providing instructions when receiving biometric data associated with a user. For instance, an electronic device may detect a portion of a user, such as a hand. The electronic device may then determine locations of the portion of the user relative to the electronic device. Based on the locations, the electronic device may cause a visual indicator to provide instructions t...