ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,806, issued on June 2, was assigned to NVIDIA Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Visual and audio output authentication in avatar systems" was invented by Thorsten Peter Stremlau (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for countering digital impersonation and unauthorized digital or audio usage due to a rise of deep-fake technologies is described. The method employs biometric authentication to ensure user authenticity in real-time during avatar or voice recording. Unique watermarks are generated at predetermined intervals and embedded into audio and/or video outputs. Device integrity can be additionally verified through device ...