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Apparatus and method for optically imaging features on the surface of a hand

  • US 6,175,407 B1
  • Filed: 12/17/1998
  • Issued: 01/16/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for optically imaging features of a hand, comprising:

  • a light source to illuminate an imaging area;

    a convex contact surface exposed to contact a hand and to guide portions of a hand in fixed contact with the contact surface through the imaging area;

    a detector positioned to intercept light from the imaging area and to generate therefrom a signal representative of surface features of a hand contacting the contact surface in the imaging area; and

    a damper coupled to the contact surface to adjust the rate at which the contact surface guides portions of a hand through the imaging area.

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