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US 2014/0232525 A1Published application
Card with integrated fingerprint authentication
AssigneeM.I.S. Electronics Inc.
InventorSaeid Mohmedi
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Abstract
A card, such as a credit or identification card, including an authenticating element for authenticating the card with a service provider, a fingerprint reader integral with the card for reading a fingerprint provided by a user of the card, and a processing element for comparing the fingerprint provided by the user to a fingerprint of an owner of the card to confirm that the user is the owner. In one variation, there is also provided a means for determining whether an object presented to the fingerprint reader is a finger of the user presenting the card.
Claims18
A card comprising
- (a) an authenticating element for authenticating the card with a service provider;
- (b) a fingerprint reader integral with said card for reading a fingerprint provided by a user of said card;
- (c) a processing element for comparing said fingerprint provided by said user to a fingerprint of an owner of said card to confirm that said user is said owner.
A fingerprint reading device comprising
- a fingerprint reader integral with said fingerprint reading device for reading a fingerprint provided by a user;
- a processing element for comparing said fingerprint provided by said user to a fingerprint of an owner of said fingerprint reading device to confirm that said user is said owner;
- and,
- a means for determining whether said fingerprint provided by said user is a fingerprint of said user.
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