Patent ID: 7266226

Claim:
A fingerprint recognition apparatus comprising: a fingerprint recognition module with a fingerprint recognition window; a controlling circuit for controlling said fingerprint recognition module; a power supplying unit for supplying a power; a housing; a finger insertion hole exposed to the front surface of said housing; and a touch switch circuit for recognizing the finger's insertion into said finger insertion hole and generating a recognition signal, wherein said fingerprint recognition module is installed in said housing so that said fingerprint recognition window is exposed to said finger insertion hole, and said controlling circuit makes said power supplying unit to supply the power to said fingerprint recognition module in reply to said recognition signal; an extrusion is extruded from the lower surface of said finger insertion hole, and a touch switch conductor is formed on the upper surface of said extrusion in a manner that the touch switch conductor is simultaneously touched by a finger whenever the finger touches the fingerprint recognition window.