US Patent Issued to NEXT Biometrics Group ASA on March 11 for "Biometric sensor with presence sensors" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,173, issued on March 11, was assigned to NEXT Biometrics Group ASA (Oslo, Norway).

"Biometric sensor with presence sensors" was invented by Robert Mueller (Riemerling, Germany), Matias N. Troccoli (Kirkland, Wash.) and King Hong Kwan (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a sensor system includes an active thermal sensor pixel matrix, a plurality of presence sensors, and an image acquisition controller. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and a boundary defining a perimeter. The plurality of presence sensors is disposed at least partia...