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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. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Hideo Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideo Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporations, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/74 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one example embodiment, an authentication apparatus determines whether to emit an imaging light to a target of authentication based on a detected position of the target of authentication. In one example embodiment, when the imaging light is emitted, the imaging light permeates a display plane. In one example embodiment, the authentication apparatus authenticates based on data obtained from the emitted imaging light.