ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,259, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Iris authentication device and iris authentication method" was invented by Toshiyuki Sashihara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An iris authentication device includes: a camera that is installed at a position lower than a line of sight of an authentication target person; lighting that is installed either at a same height as the position of the camera or at a position lower than the camera and that irradiates the authentication target person with light; and an authentication unit that performs authentication of the authentication target person by collating an iris that a...