ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,409, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Kiosk security system" was invented by Emily Kathleen Krebs (San Antonio), Stacy Callaway Huggar (San Antonio), Jeffrey Neal Pollack (San Antonio), Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev (San Antonio), Mark Anthony Lopez (Helotes, Texas) and Ryan Thomas Russell (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image processing techniques can be used to determine whether a person has installed an unauthorized device on or in a kiosk. For example, an image processing server can determine whether a person's hand(s) are engaging in abnormal behavio...