ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,102, issued on May 13, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Personal authentication system, personal authentication device, display device, and personal authentication method" was invented by Gang Shao (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal authentication system includes: a detection device having a first period in which detection of a detection target body is performed and a second period in which detection of asperities on a surface of the detection target body is performed; and a control device. The detection device has, as input keys for a password, first regions in a detection region. The detection device is co...