ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,934, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Fujitsu Ltd. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Face authentication method, storage medium, and face authentication device" was invented by Tomoaki Matsunami (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A face authentication method for a computer to execute a process includes acquiring a plurality of images from a camera; acquiring a contour change degree that represents a difference between a first contour included in an image imaged in a first image and a second contour included in the face image imaged in a second image, the plurality of images including the first image and the second image; acquiring a...