Patent ID: 8064657

Claim:
A fingerprint authentication apparatus cleaning device, comprising: a fingerprint authentication apparatus having a scan surface which a finger to be authenticated is made touch; a shutter which is installed in a manner facing said scan surface, and which opens and closes such that said shutter covers said scan surface in a closed state and exposes said scan surface in an opened state; a cleaner which performs cleaning; and a driving unit which, when said shutter is made be in an opened state, performs said cleaning of said scan surface by making said cleaner touch said scan surface, and, when said cleaning is completed, makes said shutter be in an opened state, wherein an installation position of said fingerprint authentication apparatus is movable; and said driving unit performs driving such that said driving unit moves an installation position of said fingerprint authentication apparatus, makes said cleaner touch said scan surface while moving said fingerprint authentication apparatus, and said cleaning of said scan surface is performed by rotating a cleaning tape of said cleaner in a reverse direction to a movement direction of said fingerprint authentication apparatus.