Ergonomic finger guide for biometric finger scanner
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1. A finger guide device for a biometric fingerprint scanner, the device comprising:
- a raised portion;
a channel formed into the raised portion and extending from about a front side of the raised portion to about a rear side thereof;
an aperture formed through the device at the channel;
finger selection contours configured to visually indicate to a user to place an index finger in the channel; and
finger direction contours configured to direct a finger placed in the channel toward the aperture.
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Abstract
A finger guide device for a biometric fingerprint scanner, the device including a raised portion, a channel formed into the raised portion and extending from about a front side of the raised portion to about a rear side thereof, an aperture formed through the device at the channel, finger selection contours configured to visually indicate to a user to place an index finger in the channel, and finger direction contours configured to direct a finger placed in the channel toward the aperture.
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1. A finger guide device for a biometric fingerprint scanner, the device comprising:
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a raised portion; a channel formed into the raised portion and extending from about a front side of the raised portion to about a rear side thereof; an aperture formed through the device at the channel; finger selection contours configured to visually indicate to a user to place an index finger in the channel; and finger direction contours configured to direct a finger placed in the channel toward the aperture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A biometric finger print scanning system, comprising:
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a scanner device; a platen disposed on the scanner device; and a finger guide disposed on the platen including a longitudinal channel and an aperture formed through the guide at the channel; wherein the finger guide comprises finger selection contours configured to visually indicate to a user to place an index finger the channel and finger direction contours configured to direct a finger placed in the channel toward the aperture. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A finger guide device for a biometric fingerprint scanner, the device comprising:
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a raised portion having a generally circular disk shape; a channel formed into the raised portion and extending from a front side of the raised portion to a rear side thereof; an aperture formed through the device at the channel; a sloped surface descending to the aperture at a front side of the aperture; a stop surface disposed at a rear side of the aperture; wherein the channel has a width which gradually decreases in a direction toward the rear side of the raised portion; wherein the stop surface is configured to position a finger of a user in the aperture and further configured to allow a fingernail of the finger to extend in the channel toward the rear side of the raised portion. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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