ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,687, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ZKTECO USA (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"System and method for biometric authentication" was invented by Zhinong Li (East Brunswick, N.J.) and Xiaowu Zhang (East Brunswick, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teaching relates to user authentication. Upon a light sensitive sensor detects a motion, an infrared or near infrared sensor may be activated for capturing an image of a body part of a person appearing nearby. The body part may be positioned in a contactless manner with respect to the infrared or near infrared sensor. The image of the body part may be acquired via the infrared or near in...