ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,218, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Authentication through tissue-conducted sound" was invented by John C. Weast (Portland, Ore.), Glen J. Anderson (Beaverton, Ore.), Giuseppe Raffa (Portland, Ore.), Daniel S. Lake (Hillsboro, Ore.), Kathy Yuen (Portland, Ore.) and Lenitra M. Durham (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods may provide for sending a sound wave signal and measuring a body conduction characteristic of the sound wave signal. Additionally, a user authentication may be performed based at least in part on the body conduction characteristic. In one example, the...