Multimodal biometric device
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsEliah Aronoff-Spencer, Tom Kalisky, Daniel Johnson, Alex Grant, Steve Saggese
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Abstract
A multimodal biometric device is disclosed. An apparatus may include a non-contact imaging system. The non-contact imaging system may include imaging optics, optical illumination optically coupled to the imaging optics, and a configurable body part support to support different body parts at corresponding focal lengths to capture different portions of the different body parts. An apparatus may also include a housing coupled to the imaging optics, the optical illumination, and the configurable body part support.
Claims15
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An apparatus comprising:
- a fingerprint imaging system, the fingerprint imaging system comprising;
- imaging optics;
- optical illumination optically coupled to the imaging optics;
- and
- a first removable top comprising selectable and rotatable non-contact apertures, each aperture characterized by one or more of a different size and a different shape relative to the other selectable apertures;
- a second removable top comprising a platen-based contact aperture;
- and
- a housing comprising an opening and coupled to the imaging optics, the optical illumination, and the rotary top;
- wherein the rotary top is configured to rotate to align a selected aperture of the selectable apertures with the opening of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.