ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,634, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Authentication device, authentication system, authentication method, and authentication program" was invented by Yoshihiro Kajiki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The output means 81 outputs a plurality of candidate responses to questions to the target on a display device.The response specification means 82 specifies a response to the question from among the candidate responses based on a target's gaze in a face image captured by an imaging device that captures a face image of the target. The response judgment means 83 makes a correctness or incorrectness judgment of the ...