ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,163, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to DENSO WAVE Inc. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Code authentication system and non-transitory computer readable storage medium" was invented by Takayoshi Kamiya (Chita-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A code image is acquired by photographing a code as an authentication target. An extraction area is set within an area of the code shown in the code image. An image feature extracted from the extraction area is acquired as an extraction image feature. The image feature extracted from the extraction area of the code which is a genuine product is prepared and registered in advance as a registration ...