Patent 11941098 was granted and assigned to NEC on March, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An authentication device includes: a wearing position determination unit that determines a wearing position, the wearing position being a position at which a wearable article comprising a sensor is being worn on a body; and an authentication unit that performs authentication by using biometric information of the body, the biometric information being detected by the sensor at the wearing position.