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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2010
Ed Garcia, San Jose, CA (US);
Ed Garcia, San Jose, CA (US);
Validity Sensors, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is described for a fingerprint acquisition device that can be integrated into an expansion card capable of being inserted into a PC card slot of a portable computer such that the apparatus is substantially flush with the computer. The apparatus can contain a drawer that rotates or slides out of the apparatus to expose a fingerprint module where a user's fingerprint data can be collected. A latching mechanism is provided so that the drawer can be locked in a retracted position in the apparatus when the drawer is pushed into the apparatus and so that the drawer can extract out of the apparatus if the user pushes on the drawer again when the drawer is in the retracted position.