US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on May 20 for "System and method to detect authorized user" (Iowa, Maryland, California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,652, issued on May 20, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"System and method to detect authorized user" was invented by Wade T. Johnson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Arjun Harsha Rao (Marion, Iowa), Timothy J. Wittkop (Marion, Iowa), Christopher L George (Winchester, Va.), Michael P. Matessa (Ben Lomond, Calif.) and Peggy Wu (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is described. The system may detect whether a user within a flight deck is authorized to control the aircraft. The user may receive differing levels of authority to control the aircraft depending on whether the user is authorized or unau...