PROCESSOR WITH PERSONAL VERIFICATION FUNCTION AND OPERATING DEVICE

• US 20070297648A1
• Filed: 08/22/2007
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Watanabe, Masaki, Aoki, Takahiro, Goto, Makoto, Endoh, Toshio
• Granted Patent: US 7,519,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/83 input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice or controllers thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0336 Mouse integrated fingerprint sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/021 Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard, e.g. card or barcode reader, optical scanner
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/107 Static hand or arm
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/14 Vascular patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

A processor with a personal verification function has a mouse used by a hand to operate a terminal (personal computer or personal computer main body) and being able to output a photographic blood vessel image obtained by photographing a blood vessel image of the palm of the hand, and a verifying unit carrying out personal verification at a desired time on the basis of the photographic blood vessel image outputted from the mouse and a registration blood vessel image. The mouse has a radiating unit radiating near-infrared light toward the palm of the hand, and a photographing unit photographing the photographic blood vessel image with reflected light from the palm of the hand. The processor with a personal verification function and an operating device make possible personal authentication and personal identification at any time, and are operable within a saved-space without placing a burden on the user.

Claims

1. An operating device comprising:

a radiating unit radiating near-infrared light toward a palm 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 transmitting the near-infrared light, which plate expands toward an outside of said operating device, so that an area of a 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.

2. The operating device according to claim 1, further comprising a reflective plate reflecting the near-infrared light from said radiating unit and light returned from the palm of the hand.

3. The operating device according to claim 1, further comprising an operating device used by the hand to operate a terminal with a click and a movement thereof.

4. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said radiating units correspond one to each of a plurality of said photographing units.