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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2005
Applicants:
John K. Schneider, Snyder, NY (US);
Jack C. Kitchens, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Stephen M. Gojevic, Buffalo, NY (US);
Inventors:
John K. Schneider, Snyder, NY (US);
Jack C. Kitchens, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Stephen M. Gojevic, Buffalo, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ultra-Scan Corporation, Amherst, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention may be embodied as a fingerprint scanner having a housing, a curved-surface imaging system and a planar imaging system. The curved-surface imaging system may be capable of collecting information that may be used to produce a curved-surface image of a finger. The planar imaging system may be capable of collecting information that may be used to produce a planar image of one or more fingers at a time.