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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Gary S. Porter, Malabar, FL (US);
James R. Waldron, Oviedo, FL (US);
Inventors:
Gary S. Porter, Malabar, FL (US);
James R. Waldron, Oviedo, FL (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A finger sensing apparatus may include a finger sensor having an integrated circuit (IC) substrate, an array of finger sensing elements on the IC substrate, and secure software update circuitry on the IC substrate. In addition, the finger sensing apparatus may include a host platform external from the finger sensor and hosting software associated with the finger sensor. The host platform may cooperate with the secure software update circuitry to authorize an attempted software update.