US Patent Issued to Sony Group on Jan. 13 for "Method, apparatus and computer program for authenticating a user" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,055, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method, apparatus and computer program for authenticating a user" was invented by Hugo Embrechts (Stuttgart, Germany), Gonzalo Bailador (Stuttgart, Germany) and Dimitri Torfs (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples relate to a method, an apparatus and a computer program for authenticating a user. The method comprises prompting the user to perform a facial gesture. The method comprises recording a facial gesture performed by the user using a visual sensor. The method comprises comparing micro-movements of the user's facial features during the record...