Patent ID: 8073204
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A61B,G06K

Abstract:
1. A hybrid multi-sensor biometric identification device which senses biometric data associated with a user's finger, comprising: an integrated circuit substrate; a first sensor apparatus formed on said integrated circuit substrate for sensing characteristics, indicative of a fingerprint pattern, of the surface and/or structure of skin at or proximate the tip of the user's finger, said first sensor operating on the principle of sensing changes in the fringing field established between elements thereof due to variations in the fingerprint pattern of the user's finger; an array of light sources integrally formed on said integrated circuit substrate, said array of light sources generally being at least as wide as the width of the user's finger, said light sources emitting at least in the visible light spectrum such that the output of said light sources may be used to give visual indications to the user relating to operation of the biometric identification device; and a second sensor apparatus formed on said integrated circuit substrate adjacent said array of light sources, of a type for sensing biometric data associated with said user's finger utilizing at least a selected wavelength of the light output by said array of light sources.