Toshiba facing Patent Infringement lawsuit

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CeeColor Industries LLC filed a patent lawsuit in Delaware claiming Toshiba violated its patent which is related to facial recognition, Law360 reported.

The facial recognition technology can trigger photos from webcam to determine the users. When a user is close to the device, it senses to use without any information and it will be off when he/she leaves. According to the CeeColor’s filing, Toshiba’s software system has many elements which was patented by CeeColor. The patent named "Security system with proximity sensing for an electronic device," were applied in 1999 and 2003. The Toshiba’s laptops which is accused to use Ceecolor’s patented software was introduced in 2010. 

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