US Patent Issued to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory on Nov. 25 for "Electronic device and authentication method for electronic device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,293, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Electronic device and authentication method for electronic device" was invented by Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, Japan), Koji Kusunoki (Isehara, Japan), Daisuke Kubota (Atsugi, Japan) and Ryo Hatsumi (Hadano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device having an authentication method with a high security level is provided. The electronic device includes a pixel portion, a sensor portion, an authentication portion, and a housing. The pixel portion includes a display element and a light-receiving element. The pixel portion has...