ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,177, issued on March 11, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Recognition method of 3D vein pattern and recognition device thereof" was invented by Wei-Cheng Chao (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chia-Hsin Chao (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Li-Chi Su (Yilan County, Taiwan), Chi-Chin Yang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Cheng-Jhih Luo (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a recognition method of 3D vein pattern including the following steps. A plurality of first light beams are emitted by a recognition device to a wrist of a user. A plurality of first reflected light beams from the wrist are received...