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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2020
Suprema Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SUPREMA INC., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for sterilizing a fingerprint recognition area, the apparatus includes at least one finger contact unit for obtaining a fingerprint image on which a body of a user is contacted, a sterilizing light emitting unit configured to emit the sterilizing light onto the at least one finger contact unit for obtaining the fingerprint image, at least one optical sensing unit configured to sense the sterilizing light emitted onto the at least one finger contact unit for obtaining the fingerprint image and a control unit configured to determine an ON timing of the sterilizing light emitting unit after performing user authentication for the user, and determine an OFF timing of the sterilizing light emitting unit based on a result of comparing an accumulated value of the calculated energy of the sterilizing light with a predetermined reference energy.