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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Walter Guy Scott, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
David Brunell, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Matthew Kahn, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
George William McClurg, Jenson Beach, FL (US);
Cross Match Technologies, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
An access control unit interface between a fingerprint scanner and a host processor is described. A daughter card is coupled between the fingerprint scanner, various access control peripherals, and the host processor. The host processor can be any commercially available processor. The daughter card handles real-time and interactive access control events. The daughter card may include an access control interface processor. The access control interface processor may include a display interface module, a keyboard module, a Wiegand interface module, a finger detect interface module, a LED interface module, and a serial communication module.