ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,752, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to P4 X Group Inc. (Miami).

"Two-phase biometric access control system (TBACS)" was invented by Robert William Kocher (McLean, Va.), Douglas Earl Dyer (Herndon, Va.) and John Shelly Bowling II (Reston, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Current biometric access control systems rely on a biometric sensor at the access control point, a design which has shortcomings on throughput or biometric image quality, which is a particularly important limitation for vehicle traffic, particularly when vehicles do not stop. We disclose a Two-Phase Biometric Access Control System (TBACS) that includes biometric, m...