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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:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1998
Applicants:
Vance C. Bjorn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Serge J. Belongie, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vance C. Bjorn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Serge J. Belongie, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Persona, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K009/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A touchpad device comprised of a detection array having a detection surface, wherein the detection surface is configured to receive a fingerprint image. Additionally, a processing device is provided to receive the fingerprint image or image data from the detection array. The processing device configures the touchpad device to operate as a pointer control device or a fingerprint recognition device based upon parameters associated with the fingerprint image.