Patent ID: 8538088
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A capture device for biometrics authentication using an image of a person's palm, the capture device comprising: an image sensor configured to capture the image of the person's palm; and a guide member configured to support the person's palm when the image of the person's palm is captured by the image sensor, wherein the guide member includes a groove in which a finger extending from the person's palm is to be inserted, a width of the groove gradually decreases in a direction from an edge to a bottom of the groove, and a slope of a side wall of the groove varies in the direction from the edge to the bottom of the groove, and wherein the groove extends from a surface of the guide member and has the edge at the surface, and the width of the groove gradually decreases in the direction from the edge to the bottom of the groove.