ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,101, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Notification device and notification method" was invented by Tomoyuki Kagaya (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yasunobu Ogura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This notification device has: a generation unit for generating image data of a face authentication result image that represents the face authentication result of a person passing through a passage control area and that is projected at the feet of the person passing through the passage control area, the face authentication result being obtained on the basis of image data...