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Portable fingerprint scanning apparatus for identification verification

  • US 5,467,403 A
  • Filed: 03/31/1993
  • Issued: 11/14/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable apparatus for identification verification, comprising:

  • a portable image collection unit including;

    a fingerprint scanner comprising a finger prism having an opaque bottom surface, a finger receiving surface and two side surfaces;

    a light for illumination of the finger prism so that a fingerprint image can be propagated therefrom;

    a camera mounted within the portable apparatus so as to be capable of receiving fingerprint images propagated from the finger prism and a recording component for capturing the received fingerprint images;

    image capturing means for obtaining an image of the person being fingerprinted;

    display means for viewing an image from a group of images including the fingerprinted person'"'"'s image and the captured fingerprint image; and

    terminal means, connected to the fingerprint scanner, image capturing and display means, for selecting the image to be viewed;

    a base unit connected to the terminal means, for receiving the selected image, and operative in digitizing the selected image wherein the portable image collection unit is selectively removable from the base unit.

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