ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,204, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TRINAMIX GMBH (Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany).

"Method for authenticating a user of a mobile device" was invented by Friedrich Schick (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Peter Schillen (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Benjamin Guthier (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Patrick Schindler (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Dimitri Butov (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and Mark Prediger (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method for authenticating a user of a mobile device. The method includes: a) imaging at least one first image of a face by using a...