Patent ID: 7260247

Claim:
A card type device comprising: a card type housing; a transparent cylindrical-shaped roller provided at an edge plane of said card type housing, the outer peripheral plane of which is projected from said edge plane; a light source provided in an internal hollow portion of said roller, for irradiating a finger which abuts against the outer peripheral plane of said roller; a one-dimensional image sensor provided in said internal hollow portion of said roller, for acquiring one-dimensional fingerprint image data of the finger which abuts against the outer peripheral plane of said roller; a SELFOC lens array provided in said internal hollow portion of said roller, for focusing a one-dimensional image of the finger which abuts against the outer peripheral plane of said roller onto said one-dimensional image sensor; and a holder for holding thereon said light source, said one-dimensional image sensor, and said SELFOC lens array, which is fixed to said card type housing in such a manner that even when said roller is rotated, said holder is not rotated.