Patent ID: 6996258
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: G06K,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable information terminal device comprising: an enclosure of said portable information terminal device, an imaging element provided within said enclosure, a first lens provided within said enclosure for said imaging element, a second lens for said imaging element, a focal length of which being shorter than that of said first lens and provided within said enclosure, a first window for said first lens and provided on a surface of said enclosure, a second window for said second lens and provided on a same side of said enclosure as, and in a vicinity of, said first window, and an imaging element rotating means, which sets a rotation angle of said imaging element at either a first angle or a second angle, so as to set a focal point of either one of said first lens or said second lens at said imaging element, wherein said imaging element captures an image of a fingerprint of a tip of a finger pressed on either said first window or said second window set by said imaging element rotating means.