Patent ID: 7349562
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A fingerprint input apparatus comprising: illumination means for irradiating a finger with a light; a solid-state image pickup element substrate on which a solid-state image pickup element is formed; and a protective member adhered to a surface of said solid-state image pickup element substrate, at the same side on which the solid-state image pickup element is formed, wherein a fingerprint image of said finger is read while sliding said finger on a surface of said protective member, wherein the solid-state image pickup element substrate and the protective member each have two longitudinal sides extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction of sliding the finger, such that one longitudinal side of the solid-state image pickup element substrate is aligned in the same plane with one longitudinal side of the protective member in a thickness direction of the protective member, while the other longitudinal side of the solid-state image pickup element substrate is aligned in the same plane with the other longitudinal side of the protective member in a thickness direction of the protective member, wherein the illumination means and the solid-state image pickup element substrate are arranged side by side on a wiring substrate along the direction of sliding said finger, and wherein the solid-state image pickup element substrate has a portion of its surface on which the solid-state image pickup element is formed, at least at one end of the solid-state image pickup element substrate in the longitudinal direction, to which the protective member is not adhered, such that the solid-state image pickup element substrate is exposed.