Process and apparatus for positive identification of customers
First Claim
1. Device for the identification of a person by means of an identity, credit, bank or the like card which, in addition to a name, address, photograph, numbers or other information symbols, carries a master fingerprint from a specific finger of a person, said master fingerprint being taken with a fingerprinting device and being then placed onto the card, said card optionally being provided with a code indicating to which basic main fingerprint group the said fingerprint pertains;
- and a copying device by means of which the identity, bank, credit or similar card can be copied with an invoice, cheque or similar form, characterized in that said card is transparent and said master fingerprint is formed on said card in a first color, said device comprises a fingerprint card made of a transparent material and possessing a surface enabling a finger print of said finger to appear thereon in a second color, said surface being arranged in such a manner that, with the finger inserted in a fingerprinting device, the fingerprint can be taken in accordance with one coordinate close to the longitudinal axis of the finger and a second, running at the fingertip, at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the finger, said fingerprinting device comprising a finger guide for said finger, which is formed and proportioned in such a way that the fingerprint can be carried out in direct relationship to two coordinates, namely the approximate longitudinal axis of the finger and to a right angle at the tip of the finger, so that by superimposing the card over the fingerprint card a new color will develop if the two fingerprints correspond, establishing as to whether or not the person presenting the identity, bank, credit or the like card is the same person as shown on it.
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Abstract
The disclosure describes a process and a device for the identification of a person. The invention is based on the use of fingerprints. The master fingerprints appear on a card such as a credit card. When a person wants to be identified, his fingerprint is taken on a fingerprint card by means of a specially adapted fingerprinting device which enables the fingerprint to be formed along coordinates. Also, color is used. The fingerprint on the credit card appears in one color while the fingerprint on the fingerprint card appears in another color. By superimposing the two fingerprints, a third color develops, this means that the fingerprint belongs to the same person.
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22 Claims
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1. Device for the identification of a person by means of an identity, credit, bank or the like card which, in addition to a name, address, photograph, numbers or other information symbols, carries a master fingerprint from a specific finger of a person, said master fingerprint being taken with a fingerprinting device and being then placed onto the card, said card optionally being provided with a code indicating to which basic main fingerprint group the said fingerprint pertains;
- and a copying device by means of which the identity, bank, credit or similar card can be copied with an invoice, cheque or similar form, characterized in that said card is transparent and said master fingerprint is formed on said card in a first color, said device comprises a fingerprint card made of a transparent material and possessing a surface enabling a finger print of said finger to appear thereon in a second color, said surface being arranged in such a manner that, with the finger inserted in a fingerprinting device, the fingerprint can be taken in accordance with one coordinate close to the longitudinal axis of the finger and a second, running at the fingertip, at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the finger, said fingerprinting device comprising a finger guide for said finger, which is formed and proportioned in such a way that the fingerprint can be carried out in direct relationship to two coordinates, namely the approximate longitudinal axis of the finger and to a right angle at the tip of the finger, so that by superimposing the card over the fingerprint card a new color will develop if the two fingerprints correspond, establishing as to whether or not the person presenting the identity, bank, credit or the like card is the same person as shown on it.
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22. A process for the identification of a person which comprises providing an identity, credit, bank or the like card which, in addition to a name, address, photograph, numbers or other information symbols, carries a master fingerprint from a specific finger of a person, said master fingerprint being taken with a fingerprinting device and being then placed onto the card, said card optionally being provided with a code indicating to which basic main fingerprint group the said fingerprint pertains;
- and providing a copying device by means of which the identity, bank, credit or similar card can be copied with an invoice, cheque or similar forms, characterized by providing a transparent card and forming said master fingerprint on said card in a first color, said fingerprint card being made of a transparent material and possessing a surface enabling a finger print of said finger to appear thereon in a second color, arranging said surface in such a manner that, with the finger inserted in a fingerprinting device, the fingerprint can be taken in accordance with one coordinate close to the longitudinal axis of the finger and a second, running at the fingertip, at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the finger, providing a finger guide for said finger, which is formed and proportioned in such a way that the fingerprint can be carried out in direct relationship to two coordinates, namely the approximate longitudinal axis of the finger and to a right angle at the tip of the finger, superimposing the card over the fingerprint card and if a new color develops it will indicate that the two fingerprints correspond, establishing as to whether or not the person presenting the identity, bank, credit or the like card is the same person as shown on it.
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