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Apparatus and method of measuring human extremities using peripheral illumination techniques

  • US 6,289,107 B1
  • Filed: 05/23/1996
  • Issued: 09/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for measuring a human extremity, comprising:

  • a housing including a transparent plate;

    light projection means, arranged around the periphery of the transparent plate, for projecting light against substantially an entire periphery of a human extremity placed on a surface of the transparent plate; and

    image capture means, disposed to receive light reflected through the transparent plate from the periphery of a human extremity placed on the surface of the transparent plate, capture the reflected light, and store a digital representation of the reflected light.

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