ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,791, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Recognition of unauthorized access of a portable electronic apparatus" was invented by Enrico Rosario Alessi (Catania, Italy), Simone Ferri (Pogliano Milanese, Italy) and Fabio Passaniti (Syracuse, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To recognize an authorized user from an unauthorized user of a portable electronic apparatus, the portable electronic apparatus has a plurality of sensors and a user-recognition circuit. The sensors are each configured to generate a signal representative of a respective physical quantity associated with the use, ...