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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2002
NTT Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fingerprint image judgment apparatus is capable of judging whether or not fingerprint image data has been correctly read when a CPU having a small utilizable memory space is used. A first count unit counts the number of ridges or valleys in one direction of an X-axis direction or a Y-axis direction based on the pixel values stored in the first memory . A second count unit counts the number of ridges or valleys in the other direction of the X-axis direction or the Y-axis direction based on a judgment result h_flg [i] stored in a second memory and the pixel values stored in the first memory . The judgment result h_flg [i] indicates whether or not the pixel values form ridges or valleys in the one direction. A correctibility judgment unit judges whether or not the fingerprint image data has been correctly read by the fingerprint sensor based on the number of ridges or the valleys counted by the first and second count units.