US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Oct. 7 for "Electronic device for encrypting biometric information and method for operating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,724, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for encrypting biometric information and method for operating the same" was invented by Jungkon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonsuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinsu Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongmin Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Juwoan Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moonsoo Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Inmyung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device encrypting biometric information includes memory for storing instructions and a processor. The...