US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Feb. 10 for "Face authentication system, vehicle including the same, and face authentication method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,688, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Face authentication system, vehicle including the same, and face authentication method" was invented by Hyunsang Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Yun Sup Ann (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A face authentication system capable of flexibly coping with a change in a user's appearance and surrounding environment includes: a camera configured to acquire a first image for performing a face authentication process; and a controller configured to compare the first image with the at least one reference...