_A New Fingerprint Sensor Patent from Apple Surfaces in Europe
Fingerprint sensing and matching is a reliable and widely used technique for personal identification or verification. In particular, a common approach to fingerprint identification involves scanning a sample fingerprint or an image thereof and storing the image and/or unique characteristics of the fingerprint image. The characteristics of a sample fingerprint may be compared to information for reference fingerprints already in a database to determine proper identification of a person, such as for verification purposes.
Apple's invention relates to providing a finger sensing device that could generate a reduced noise finger image from a finger positioned at a relatively large distance from the array of finger sensing pixels. This and other objects, features, and advantages are provided by a finger sensing device.
Fingerprint sensing and matching is a reliable and widely used technique for personal identification or verification. In particular, a common approach to fingerprint identification involves scanning a sample fingerprint or an image thereof and storing the image and/or unique characteristics of the fingerprint image. The characteristics of a sample fingerprint may be compared to information for reference fingerprints already in a database to determine proper identification of a person, such as for verification purposes.
Apple's invention relates to providing a finger sensing device that could generate a reduced noise finger image from a finger positioned at a relatively large distance from the array of finger sensing pixels. This and other objects, features, and advantages are provided by a finger sensing device.