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Processor with personal verification function and operating device

  • US 7,519,198 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2007
  • Issued: 04/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An operating device comprising:

  • a radiating unit radiating near-infrared light toward a palm of a hand in a direction from the palm to a back of the hand;

    a photographing unit photographing a photographic blood vessel image using reflected light from the palm of the hand; and

    a transparent plate forming an upper surface portion of a casing that forms an outer shape of said operating device, the palm of the hand being placed on the upper surface portion, the plate transmitting the near-infrared light and expanding toward an outside of said operating device, so that an area of the upper surface portion contacting with the palm of the hand is increased;

    wherein said radiating unit emits the near-infrared light which has an optical axis perpendicularly impinging on the palm of the hand.

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