ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,364, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Authentication system and authentication method" was invented by Nobuhisa Otsuki (Tokyo-to, Japan), Hideo Hasegawa (Nagoya, Japan), Yusuke Kida (Tokyo-to, Japan), Daichi Yamashita (Nishitokyo, Japan) and Kenta Takeshima (Tokyo-to, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authentication system is configured to authenticate a user for entering a specific area or using a specific service provided in the specific area. One or more processors of the authentication system are configured to execute: a consent confirmation process of accepting consent from the ...