ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,882, issued on June 24, was assigned to SECUREXPERTS Inc. (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.).
"Techniques for generating cryptographic values" was invented by William C. Lamb (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.) and Darnell Washington (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating cryptographic values. The system includes an imaging assembly for imaging a target member mounted on a base. A controller receives output image data from the image assembly and generates a cryptographic value in response to the output image data. In some embodiments, the target member may be formed from an organic material."
The paten...