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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Constantine Tsikos, Pennsauken, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Corporation, Iselin, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3401 / ; 361283 ;
Abstract
The sensor incorporates a sensing member which has a sensing surface for receiving a fingerprint and sensing means for sensing the ridges and valleys of the skin of the finger under investigation. The sensing member contains a multitude of small capacitors. When the finger is pressed against the sensing surface, the capacitances of the capacitors are locally changed in accordance with the ridges and valleys. The information about the capacitance distribution is transformed into an electric signal.