Patent ID: 7239728

Claim:
A fingerprint recognizing display system comprising: a monitor having a screen and a front cover surrounding said screen; a fingerprint recognizing module included with said monitor, said fingerprint recognizing module including a fingerprint image recognizing unit disposed on a surface of said front cover, wherein a user desiring access to said fingerprint recognizing display system touches said fingerprint image recognizing unit; and a computer main body including a fingerprint data base and a fingerprint verifying unit, wherein said fingerprint verifying unit compares fingerprint data transmitted from said fingerprint recognizing module to registered fingerprint data stored in said fingerprint data base and permits said user access to programs stored in said fingerprint recognizing display system when it is determined that the fingerprint of said user matches fingerprint data stored in said fingerprint data base, said computer main body comprising: a kernel of an operating system of said computer main body for determining whether said fingerprint data base has been established in said computer main body; and said kernel recognizing that said fingerprint recognizing display system has been activated and performing a fingerprint registration routine when it is determined that said fingerprint data base has not been established, and determining whether said monitor is a fingerprint recognizing monitor when it is determined that said fingerprint data base has been established.