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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:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Martin R. Smith, Dundee, GB;
Michael Coutts, Dundee, GB;
Gary A. Ross, Fife, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A biometric system () for assisting a user in providing a biometric reading is described. The system () comprises: a biometric capture unit () for capturing biometric data from a user; and feedback means () for providing the user with an indication of the extent to which a measurement has been captured. The feedback means () may be implemented by a display, a loudspeaker (), or both. The system may also include anonymizing means () for providing the feedback means () with an anonymized version of the data measured from the biometric capture unit ().