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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:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masayuki Terao, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/78 ; H04B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/78 ; H04B 1/00 ;
Abstract
The password input apparatus of the present invention comprises: a database for storing feature data of a previously registered master fingerprint and a password of an authorized user in a related manner; a camera for obtaining a fingerprint being inputted from the user's finger; an extractor for extracting feature data of the fingerprint; a controller for reading the password from the database based on the feature data extracted by the extractor; and an interface for outputting the password to another device.