Patent ID: 7158659
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for imaging a fingerprint, said apparatus comprising: a finger interface having a sensing area on a surface thereof against which at least a portion of the tip of a human finger may be placed, said sensing area containing two or more partitions, at least one of which is a selected partition; a respective light source for each of said two or more partitions, each said light source for selectively emitting light to illuminate the portion of the tip of the human finger placed against the surface of said finger interface within said respective one of said two or more partitions; and a respective sensing region for each of said two or more partitions, each said sensing region for receiving light reflected from the portion of the tip of the human finger within respective ones of said two or more partitions as an image thereof and producing image data corresponding to respective partition images, said image data being produced from each said sensing region aligned to receive light from each said select partition.