US Patent Issued to PFU on May 12 for "Authentication apparatus, authentication method, and recording medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,537, issued on May 12, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Ishikawa, Japan).

"Authentication apparatus, authentication method, and recording medium" was invented by Kengo Shioda (Ishikawa, Japan), Satoshi Usho (Ishikawa, Japan), Mitsuhiro Katsuizumi (Ishikawa, Japan) and Yuka Awazu (Ishikawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an authentication apparatus, a camera captures an image including a face image that is an image of a face of an imaging target person, a touch screen displays the face image, a display control unit causes the touch screen to display a guide frame for guiding the imaging target person to an imaging position of the fac...