Patent ID: 7519198
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: G06F,G06K,G07C,H04L

Abstract:
1. An operating device comprising: a radiating unit radiating near-infrared light toward a palm of a hand in a direction from the palm to a back of the hand; a photographing unit photographing a photographic blood vessel image using reflected light from the palm of the hand; and a transparent plate forming an upper surface portion of a casing that forms an outer shape of said operating device, the palm of the hand being placed on the upper surface portion, the plate transmitting the near-infrared light and expanding toward an outside of said operating device, so that an area of the upper surface portion contacting with the palm of the hand is increased; wherein said radiating unit emits the near-infrared light which has an optical axis perpendicularly impinging on the palm of the hand.