Patent ID: 9280695
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for capturing images of fingerprints comprising: a platen sized for at most two fingers of a hand of a subject at one time; an imaging system for capturing images of different finger pairs of each hand of a subject when presented to said platen; and at least one processor which is configured for initiating a fingerprint capture session with a subject by prompting of the subject for a presenting of a correct sequence of specific ones of fingers within a specified finger pair, onto said platen, and for scanning an image of said specified finger pair, and for determining in said image, a difference of at least one characteristic of said fingers in the image, and configured for verifying if said presenting of said finger pair is correct in accordance with said prompting, and configured for notifying the subject of an error with respect to said presenting, and for repeating the initiation of a fingerprint capture session, if a sequence of specific ones of fingers of said presenting of said specified finger pair is not verified to be correct.