US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on April 7 for "Liveness detection for video calls" (Texas, Utah, Colorado, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,294, issued on April 7, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Liveness detection for video calls" was invented by Robert Wilson Barner (San Antonio), Gavin Keith Armstrong (Morrison, Colo.), Bryan J. Osterkamp (New Braunfels, Texas), Justin Dax Haslam (San Antonio), Salvador Adrian Bretado (San Antonio), Andrew Carlos Potts (Saratoga Springs, Utah) and Lisa Michelle Kirch (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As remote working has become more prevalent, video calls have become increasingly popular. However, various methods have been introduced to circumvent liveness in video c...