US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on Feb. 17 for "Condition-responsive wearable device for sensing and indicating proximity of an article with a specific characteristic" (Virginia, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,459, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Condition-responsive wearable device for sensing and indicating proximity of an article with a specific characteristic" was invented by Michael Bakr Mossoba (Great Falls, Va.) and Salik Shah (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A condition-responsive wearable device for sensing and indicating proximity of an article with a specific characteristic includes a processor and a sensor. The sensor is configured to detect an article with two or more information sources within a predetermined distance of the sensor. The information sources contain characte...