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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1997
Applicants:
Yoshihiro Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruhiko Tamori, Iruma, JP;
Yoshinari Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Enix Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K009/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lock has a pressure-based fingerprint sensor, the sensor detects the fingerprint pattern of the finger that presses the sensor, a matching circuit prepares a fingerprint code based on the detected fingerprint pattern, this code is compared with registered fingerprint codes stored in a memory device to determine whether there is a match, and if there is a match, a control unit unlocks the locking mechanism of a concerned object.