ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,825, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TRINAMIX GMBH (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
"Authentication of a user for access" was invented by Christian Hess (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and Friedrich Schick (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method for authenticating a user for access to a vehicle, including: a. receiving an access request, b. in response to the access request, recording an image, c. extracting at least one facial feature of the image, d. receiving a template, e. generating an access signal indicative of whether the user has access based on a comparison of the at least one facial feature...