US Patent Issued to GENTEX on July 22 for "Polarized biometric operations" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,709, issued on July 22, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Polarized biometric operations" was invented by Adam R. Heintzelman (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Ryan B. Balili (Holland, Mich.) and Joshua D. Lintz (Allendale, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and corresponding method are disclosed for biometric operations. The system may comprise an illumination source, a polarization selector, an imager, and a controller. The illumination source may illuminate a biometric feature. The polarization selector may receive light reflected from the biometric feature and be operable between two states selectively transmitting ...