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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Eyal Farkash, Raanana, IL;
Eyal Farkash, Raanana, IL;
Cisco Technology Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for identifying a user through an object held by a hand of the user, according to an image of the skin surface print of a portion of the hand of the user, which is optionally the skin surface print of at least a portion of the hand between the metacarpophalangeal joint and a distal interphalangeal joint of one or more fingers. Optionally, the image only includes the skin surface print of at least a portion of the hand between the metacarpophalangeal joint and a distal interphalangeal joint of one or more fingers. The method for identifying the user may also optionally only use selected portions of this image as described herein. Related apparatus and methods are also described.