Finger scanner, and method of scanning a finger using the finger scanner

Abstract

A finger scanner comprises a first member and a second member. The first member has a first contact surface configured to contact a first part of a finger, and the second member has a second contact surface adjacent to the first member and configured to contact a second part of the finger adjacent to the first part of the finger. The first contact surface has a first height and the second contact surface has a second height, with a fixed or variable height difference between the first height and the second height. The finger scanner further comprises a first fingerprint sensor associated with the first contact surface, and a second fingerprint sensor associated with the second contact surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.