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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Idemia Identity & Security France, Courbevoie, FR;
Grégoire Bezot, Courbevoie, FR;
Elise Le Gouil, Courbevoie, FR;
Marine Peschaux, Courbevoie, FR;
Joël-Yann Fourre, Courbevoie, FR;
Mokrane Malek, Courbevoie, FR;
IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY FRANCE, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a contactless device () for capturing a biometric print, said device comprising a user region () and an electronic compartment (), the user region () being suitable for receiving a hand portion of a user according to an orientation vector (V), the electronic compartment () comprising lighting means and an image-acquiring device (), the image-acquiring device () being oriented along an optical axis (A) making a first angle (B) to the orientation vector (V), the lighting means comprising a light source () oriented along a lighting axis (A) such that the projection (PA) of said lighting axis (A) in the plane defined by the orientation vector (V) and the optical axis (A) makes a second angle (B) to the orientation vector (V), the first angle (B) being smaller than or equal to eighty degrees, the second angle (B) being smaller than or equal to eighty degrees.