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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2005
John K. Schneider, Snyder, NY (US);
Jack C. Kitchens, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Stephen M. Gojevic, Buffalo, NY (US);
John K. Schneider, Snyder, NY (US);
Jack C. Kitchens, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Stephen M. Gojevic, Buffalo, NY (US);
Ultra-Scan Corporation, Amherst, NY (US);
Abstract
A hand scanner according to the invention may obtain an image of the hand and fingers including the bracelet crease/carpel delta area and palm surface regions up to the tips of the fingers using ultrasound measurement techniques. A hand scanner according to the invention may include a movable arcuate platen and an energy transducer. In a method according to the invention, the transducer may be moved back and forth while moving a platen surface in order to advance the hand and thereby produce a raster type scan image. In this manner, the image of the hand print may be collected as a raster image representative of the scanned surface of the friction ridge skin.