ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,002, issued on July 22, was assigned to NejiLaw Inc. (Tokyo).
"Individual identification system" was invented by Hiroshi Michiwaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An identification system has one or more sensing devices each having an identifier, and an individual identification apparatus for performing individual identification of the devices. The devices are each provided with a visual confirmation part that can be visually confirmed from the outside. The individual identification apparatus is provided with an image identification means capable of identifying the visual confirmation parts of the devices as image information. ...