US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 23 for "Face authentication system, authentication method of face authentication system, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,997, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Face authentication system, authentication method of face authentication system, and storage medium" was invented by Yoshiyuki Akimoto (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver face authentication system provided in a movable apparatus includes a first imaging unit that captures a face of a driver at a first angle, a second imaging unit that captures the driver's face at a second angle different from the first angle, a boarding detection unit that detects that the driver is aboard the movable apparatus, and a face authentication unit that, after the boarding...