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Fingerprint-acquisition apparatus for access control; personal weapon and other systems controlled thereby

  • US 5,937,557 A
  • Filed: 12/16/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A personal weapon subject to access control based upon surface-relief data from a human user'"'"'s finger;

  • said weapon comprising;

    means for discharging an energy-transmitting agency to influence an adversary, said agency-discharging means requiring enablement for its operation; and

    means for developing an electronic signal representing a determination of whether a human user'"'"'s fingerprint data which are presented to the weapon are a particular authorized user'"'"'s fingerprint data, and for applying the electronic signal to control enablement of the agency-discharging means;

    at least a part of said discharging means and at least a part of said developing-and-applying means being physically formed together as a substantially unitary electronic module to deter unauthorized bypassing of said fingerprint-data access control.

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