System for and method of determining pressure on a finger sensor
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a finger sensor for capturing first and second of sets of image data by contacting the finger sensor; and
means for comparing statistical distributions of the first and second sets of image data to determine a total pressure difference, wherein the means for comparing comprises a coarse comparator and a fine comparator.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a system for and method of calculating pressure differences using a finger sensor. A finger sensor system in accordance with the present invention comprises a finger sensor for capturing first and second of sets of image data by contacting the finger sensor and means for providing a statistical comparison between the first and second sets of image data to determine a total pressure difference. The means for providing a statistical comparison comprises a means for generating first histogram data from the first set of image data and second histogram data from the second set of image data. The means for providing statistical data correlates peaks of the first and second histogram data and also determines differences between variances of the first and second sets of image data.
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40 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a finger sensor for capturing first and second of sets of image data by contacting the finger sensor; and means for comparing statistical distributions of the first and second sets of image data to determine a total pressure difference, wherein the means for comparing comprises a coarse comparator and a fine comparator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of determining a pressure difference comprising:
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capturing first and second of sets of image data by contacting a finger sensor; and comparing statistical distributions of the first and second sets of image data to determine a total pressure difference by performing a coarse comparison and a fine comparison. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for determining a pressure difference comprising:
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a finger sensor for capturing first and second sets of finger image data for a finger on the finger sensor; and a pressure calculator coupled to the finger sensor, wherein the pressure calculator is configured to compare a first statistical distribution of the first set of finger image data to a second statistical distribution of the second set of finger image data by performing a coarse comparison and a fine comparison to determine whether more or less pressure is applied by the finger on the finger sensor.
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