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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Lumidigm, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Horst Arnold Mueller, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Ryan Eric Martin, Tijeras, NM (US);
Robert K. Rowe, Corrales, NM (US);
Assignee:
Lumidigm, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and sensors are disclosed for executing a biometric function. Illumination light is generated and directed to a deformable layer when the deformable layer is in a state of deformation resulting from pressure applied to the deformable layer by a skin site. Light scattered from the deformable layer is received. A fingerprint pattern of the skin site is determined from the received light. The biometric function is performed with the determined fingerprint pattern.