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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Fred George Benkley, Andover, MA (US);
David Joseph Geoffroy, Amherst, MA (US);
Pallavi Satyan, San Jose, CA (US);
Fred George Benkley, Andover, MA (US);
David Joseph Geoffroy, Amherst, MA (US);
Pallavi Satyan, San Jose, CA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Enhanced accuracy finger position and motion sensors devices, algorithms, and methods are disclosed that can be used in a variety of different applications. The sensors can be used in conjunction with partial fingerprint imagers to produce improved fingerprint scanners. Such improved scanners can use image analysis techniques, such as interpolation between partial fingerprint images to correct for missing data, or discarding redundant partial fingerprint image data, to produce adequate fingerprint images even when the finger has not been applied to the sensor using an optimum technique.