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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
Samson Mil'shtein, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Jason Pinsonnault, Palmer, MA (US);
Craig M. Labrecque, Methuen, MA (US);
Samson Mil'shtein, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Jason Pinsonnault, Palmer, MA (US);
Craig M. LaBrecque, Methuen, MA (US);
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
A guide can provide proper registration of an object such as a hand above a scanner device for imaging. The guide can include windows or slits so that the scanner device can produce an image such as a finger or palm in a natural state rather than being pressed against, for example, a flat surface such as glass. Thus, registration of a palm and/or a finger in the guide can be used to produce non-distorted high quality images of biometric patterns in their natural 3-dimensional state.