US Patent Issued to HID Global on Aug. 18 for "Biometric scanner having electrically switchable illumination" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,802, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to HID Global Corp. (Austin, Texas).

"Biometric scanner having electrically switchable illumination" was invented by Daniel Henri Raguin (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access control system (ACS) and method controls access to a secure asset. The ACS includes a light emitting unit configured to emit light, an electronically addressable element configured to be electronically switched between a first optical state and a second optical state, an optical sensor configured to sense light, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the electronically addressable element to...