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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2008
Naoto Miura, Kokubunji, JP;
Takafumi Miyatake, Hachioji, JP;
Akio Nagasaka, Kokubunji, JP;
Harumi Kiyomizu, Kokubunji, JP;
Naoto Miura, Kokubunji, JP;
Takafumi Miyatake, Hachioji, JP;
Akio Nagasaka, Kokubunji, JP;
Harumi Kiyomizu, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a finger vein authentication device using plural fingers that enables the plural fingers to be easily presented while maintaining high authentication precision. A finger vein authentication device according to an embodiment of the invention includes light sources that irradiate light onto fingers; imaging elements that photograph light transmitted through the fingers; and an image processing unit that processes the obtained images. The finger vein authentication device further includes a finger placement table that defines a presentation location of the first finger in an anteroposterior direction and other finger placement tables that define locations of all the fingers in a horizontal direction.