US Patent Issued to Hangzhou City University, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Zhejiang University on Sept. 1 for "Light backdoor attack method in physical world" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,407, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hangzhou City University (Hangzhou, China), Zhejiang Gongshang University (Hangzhou, China) and Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China).

"Light backdoor attack method in physical world" was invented by Song Han (Hangzhou, China), Siqi Ren (Hangzhou, China), Haibo Hong (Hangzhou, China), Shuai Zhao (Hangzhou, China), Jin Yi (Hangzhou, China), Lu Zhou (Hangzhou, China), Shouling Ji (Hangzhou, China) and Shui Yu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a light backdoor attack method for a physical world. The method includes: generating, by a flashlight, a light trigger on a traffi...