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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Novomatic Ag, Gumpoldskirchen, AT;
Alois Homer, Vienna, AT;
NOVOMATIC AG, Gumpoldskirchen, AT;
Abstract
Devices with a fingerprint sensor paired with a handle or a hand support. The fingerprint sensor is arranged in the vicinity of the handle or the hand support surface at a distance from the handle or hand support surface such that when an index, and/or middle, and/or ring, and/or little finger of a hand grips the handle or an index, and/or middle, and/or ring, and/or little finger of a hand is placed on the support surface, the thumb the hand can be placed on the fingerprint sensor such that a longitudinal axis of the thumb substantially coincides with a main axis of the fingerprint sensor. The thumb is placed either next to the handle and thus on the fingerprint sensor or the fingerprint sensor is arranged on a housing side of the device.