Title:
FAR-FIELD SENSING FOR ROTATION OF FINGERPRINT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/004570
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An apparatus includes one or more fingerprint image sensors capable of providing fingerprint image information from the finger of a user, and one or more separately disposed orientation sensors, capable of determining one or more orientations of the finger. One or more circuits are coupled to the one or more fingerprint image sensors and the one or more orientation sensors, configured for combining information from the one or more fingerprint image sensors and the one or more fingerprint orientation sensors.
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Inventors:
VIETA WILLIAM M (US)
WESTERMAN WAYNE C (US)
WESTERMAN WAYNE C (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2013/047698
Publication Date:
February 20, 2014
Filing Date:
June 25, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
APPLE INC (US)
International Classes:
G06F1/16; G06F3/01; G06K9/00; G07C9/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2012009791A1 | 2012-01-26 | |||
WO2012008168A1 | 2012-01-19 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HEMENWAY, S. Craig et al. (LLP410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 220, Denver CO, US)
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