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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:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Usui, Tokyo, JP;
Saburou Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kokusan Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382-4 ; 382 14 ; 382 30 ; 382-2 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for fingerprint recognition is provided in accordance with the present invention to achieve a higher rate of recognition by subsequently storing fingerprint patterns with higher rates of correspondence in place of fingerprint patterns already stored having low rates of correspondence.