DEVICE WITH FINGERPRINT SENSOR

• US 20170046553A1
• Filed: 04/23/2015
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Novomatic AG
• Original Assignee: Novomatic AG
• Inventors: HOMER, Alois
• Granted Patent: US 10,074,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/73 Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 5/0038 applying a pushing force
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1394 using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/45 Detection of the body part being alive
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00

Abstract

Devices with a fingerprint sensor paired with a handle or a hand support. The fingerprint sensor is arranged in the vicinity of the handle or the hand support surface at a distance from the handle or hand support surface such that when an index, and/or middle, and/or ring, and/or little finger of a hand grips the handle or an index, and/or middle, and/or ring, and/or little finger of a hand is placed on the support surface, the thumb the hand can be placed on the fingerprint sensor such that a longitudinal axis of the thumb substantially coincides with a main axis of the fingerprint sensor. The thumb is placed either next to the handle and thus on the fingerprint sensor or the fingerprint sensor is arranged on a housing side of the device.

Claims

1. A device comprising at least one fingerprint sensor, wherein the fingerprint sensor is arranged spaced apart from a handle of the device in the vicinity of the handle in such a way that, when the handle is grasped by index finger and/or middle finger and/or ring finger and/or little finger of one hand, the thumb of this hand is able to be placed next to the handle on the fingerprint sensor such that a thumb tip longitudinal axis of the thumb substantially coincides with a principal axis of the fingerprint sensor.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fingerprint sensor is arranged offset from the handle across the handle longitudinal axis and/or at a distance from the handle and/or a grip portion of the handle in the direction of the handle longitudinal axis.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fingerprint sensor is movably arranged relative to the handle, in particular mounted in a rotatable and/or tiltable and/or translationally displaceable manner.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fingerprint sensor is tiltable about a tilt axis which extends approximately perpendicular to a bearing surface of the fingerprint sensor and/or approximately perpendicular to a housing side adjoining the fingerprint sensor and/or about an upright tilt axis and/or about a horizontal tilt axis, which extends approximately parallel to the bearing surface of the fingerprint sensor.

5. The device as claimed in claim 3 wherein, with the principal axis of the fingerprint sensor, the fingerprint sensor is able to be brought into an acutely inclined alignment relative to the handle longitudinal axis.

6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the fingerprint sensor, with the principal axis thereof, is able to be brought into an acutely tilted alignment about two axes in relation to the handle and/or into a skew alignment in relation to the handle.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the handle has a horizontal alignment and the fingerprint sensor is arranged below the handle.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fingerprint sensor has a bearing surface with an upright alignment.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein a bearing surface of the fingerprint sensor lies in a plane or nestles to a plane which is at an acute angle relative to the handle longitudinal axis.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein it is possible to change the position of the handle-Era) relative to the fingerprint sensor and possible to bring said handle into at least two work positions, of which one work position is provided for a left-handed operation of the fingerprint sensor and another work position is provided for a right-handed operation of the fingerprint sensor.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the handle is mounted in a manner movable to and fro between two work positions, said work positions being arranged symmetrically in respect of a symmetry plane and/or axis of symmetry passing through the fingerprint sensor.

12. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the handle is movably mounted between at least one work position and a parked and/or non-operational position.

13. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the handle is swivelably mounted about at least one swivel axis, said swivel axis extending preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the handle at an end portion of the handle.

14. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the handle has a multi-member embodiment and comprises handle parts, the position of which in relation to one another is able to be changed, with the fingerprint sensor being attached to one of the handle parts.

15. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the handle has a handle element which has a multi-axis-swivelable embodiment which is swivelable about a swivel axis relative to at least one support member of the handle, said support member itself being mounted in a manner swivelable about a swivel axis relative to the device housing portion.

16. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fingerprint sensor is arranged spaced apart from a bearing surface for index finger and/or middle finger and/or ring finger and/or little finger in the vicinity of the aforementioned bearing surface in such a way that, when index finger and/or middle finger and/or ring finger and/or little finger of one hand is placed onto the aforementioned bearing surface, the thumb of this hand is able to be placed onto the fingerprint sensor, with the fingerprint sensor being arranged on a device housing side which is arranged in an inclined manner relative to a device housing side on which the aforementioned bearing surface is provided.

17. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein an operating button, is provided in the region of the bearing surface, said operating button being actuatable by one or more of the fingers lying on the bearing surface, wherein the fingerprint sensor is arranged spaced apart from the aforementioned operating button in the vicinity of the operating button in such a way that when the index finger and/or middle finger and/or ring finger and/or little finger is placed onto the operating button, the thumb is placeable onto the fingerprint sensor.

18. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the two aforementioned device housing sides are aligned substantially at right angles in relation to one another.

19. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the bearing surface is arranged at a horizontal device housing top side and the fingerprint sensor is arranged on an upright device housing front side.

20. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the device is embodied as an operating device separated from a main device, said operating device having an interface for connection with the main device.