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US 2016/0080589 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for reading a document and printing a mark thereon
AssigneeSicpa Holding SA
InventorMehdi TALWERDI
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AssigneeSicpa Holding SA
InventorMehdi TALWERDI
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An apparatus for verifying whether a user of an object is an authorized user of the object includes: (a) means for detecting a biometric feature of the user and generating data representing the biometric feature; and (b) a reader-printer for reading and printing on the object, which includes: (i) reader system for reading the object to obtain a digital representation of biometric information associated with the authorized user; and (ii) printer system for printing on the object; the apparatus being operable to cause the printer system to print on the object if the data matches the digital representation. Separately or incorporated into the apparatus, the reader-printer may include: (a) reader for reading the object to obtain a digital signature representing a unique feature of the object; and (b) printer for printing on the object if the digital signature matches a reference digital signature associated with the object.
Apparatus for reading and printing on an object, the apparatus comprising:
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the reference digital signature comprises a previously stored digital signature.
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the digital signature and the reference digital signature are each a security signature.
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the reader system is operable to capture a reader-system image of the object, the apparatus being operable to generate the digital signature in response to the reader-system image.
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the reader system is operable to generate the digital signature.
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the printer system comprises a transport system for transporting the object, the transport system being operable to clamp the object along one edge only of the object when transporting the object.
Apparatus for printing on an object, the apparatus comprising a transport system for transporting the object, the transport system being operable to clamp the object along one edge only of the object when transporting the object.
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims comprising a biometric scanner.
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the object is a planar object.
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the object is a value item.
The apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the object is a document.
A method of reading and printing on an object, the method comprising:
Apparatus for verifying whether a user of an object is an authorized user of the object, the apparatus comprising:
A method for verifying whether a user of an object is an authorized user of the object, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.