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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Eric Saliba, Chatou, FR;
François Dufresne DE Virel, Paris, FR;
Eric Saliba, Chatou, FR;
François Dufresne De Virel, Paris, FR;
Morpho, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A device for capturing biometric characteristics, the device having an optical sensor with a field of view covering a detection zone for detecting optical characteristics, and an electronic control unit that is connected to the sensor in order to control it, the control unit being placed at least in part in the field of view of the sensor and includes a memory containing at least one signature resulting from at least one reference optical characteristic of the control unit as seen by the sensor, and a comparator module for comparing the signature with at least one corresponding signature that results from at least one optical characteristic of the control unit as supplied by the sensor.