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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:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Makoto Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a fingerprint input apparatus capable of more stably providing an image 'of a higher definition than in prior technologies. The fingerprint input apparatus includes an LED chipand a solid image pickup device substrate 1 adapted to irradiate a fingerof a fingerprint inputting person with & light from the LEDand bearing a solid image pickup device for receiving light scattered in the interior of the finger, and reads the fingerprint of the fingerbased on a light reception signal of the solid image pickup device. The solid image pickup device is constituted of a one-dimensional or two-dimensional image pickup device formed on a rectangular solid image pickup device substrate. A rectangular protective memberis adhered to a side, to be contacted by the finger, of the solid image pickup device substrate. In the protective member, among four sides L, L, Wand Wconstituting a rectangular external shape, two longer sides Land Land a shorter side W1 have the same shape as the external, shape of the solid image pickup device substrate
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