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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:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2000
Sadahiko Hinoue, Nara, JP;
Kouichi Harada, Nara, JP;
Sadahiko Hinoue, Nara, JP;
Kouichi Harada, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus which is provided with a fingerprint verification function with a high security and a high operability. When a fingerprint is inputted from a fingerprint reading surface of a display/fingerprint reading unit, a fingerprint data sensing control unit reads fingerprint data and coordinate data, and stores the data into a storage unit. The fingerprint data is verified against fingerprint data previously registered and stored in a storage unit, to determine whether or not there is a matching fingerprint. In an information processing apparatus, a fingerprint verification function is thus implemented. Further, based on the coordinate data related to fingerprint input, the operation of the information processing apparatus is controlled. Accordingly, with such simple control as coordinate designation by touching the fingerprint reading surface with a finger at the time of fingerprint verification, the operation of the information processing apparatus can be controlled.
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