Patent ID: 6213403
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
An IC card for forward insertion into an IC card slot of an electronic device, where the IC card can read a person's fingerprint and provide password authorization to the electronic device, including a mother board having top and bottom surfaces and front and rear ends, a front connector coupled to said mother board front end, and a card housing which includes top and bottom cover parts that lie respectively above and below said mother board and that are mechanically connected to said mother board, said card housing having front and rear ends, comprising:a tray which is moveably mounted in said card housing to move forward and rearward between a stowed position and a deployed position;a fingerprint sensor mounted on said tray with said fingerprint sensor lying rearward of said card housing rear end in said deployed position of said tray and lying within said card housing in said stowed position of said tray;a circuit arrangement that electronically couples said fingerprint sensor to said front connector at least when said tray is in said deployed position.