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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180120 | Finger sensor using polarized light and associated methods A multi-biometric finger sensor may include an integrated circuit (IC) substrate for receiving a user's finger. The multi-biometric finger sensor may also include an optical source for projecting light of a known polarization angle onto the user's finger and at leas... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180118 | Finger sensing device with spoof reduction features and associated methods A finger sensing device may include a finger sensing area, at least one processing stage coupled to the finger sensing area and having at least one adaptively determined processing parameter, and a controller for spoof reduction. More particularly, the controller ma... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8145916 | Finger sensing apparatus using encrypted user template and associated methods A finger sensing apparatus may include an integrated circuit (IC) substrate, an array of finger sensing elements on the IC substrate, and encryption circuitry on the IC substrate cooperating with the array of finger sensing elements for encrypting a user template co... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8115497 | Pixel sensing circuit with common mode cancellation An improved biometric data sensing circuit, for example adapted for fingerprint sensing, uses a charge subtraction technique at the input of the circuit integrator to cancel the so called “common mode” signal from the circuit output. The result is an output sign... | 02/14/2012 |
| D652333 | Molded fingerprint sensor structure | 01/17/2012 |
| D652332 | Molded fingerprint sensor structure with indicia regions | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085998 | Finger sensor including enhanced ESD protection and associated methods A finger sensor may include a finger sensing integrated circuit (IC) having a finger sensing area and at least one bond pad adjacent thereto, and a flexible circuit coupled to the IC finger sensor. More particularly, the flexible circuit may include a flexible layer... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081805 | Finger sensing device with multiple correlators and associated methods A finger sensing device may include a finger sensing area to receive a user's finger moved in a sliding motion, and a controller cooperating with the finger sensing area for generating successive image samples. Moreover, the controller may also generate the displace... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073204 | Hybrid multi-sensor biometric identification device An improved fingerprint sensing device is provided with multiple sensing apparatus, two or more of which operating on different sensing principles. For example, a capacitive sensor may be integrally formed with an optical sensor on a single substrate. Ideally, the m... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8031046 | Finger sensing device with low power finger detection and associated methods A finger sensing device may include an array of finger sensing electrodes, and a processor cooperating with the array of finger sensing electrodes for operation in a lower power consumption finger detecting mode, and for operation in a higher power consumption readi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7940249 | Devices using a metal layer with an array of vias to reduce degradation A device in accordance with the present invention has a top metal layer that shows increased resistance to degradation such as abrasion, erosion, or both. A device in accordance with the present invention includes a device layer and a top metal layer. The device lay... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7915601 | Electronic device including optical dispersion finger sensor and associated methods An electronic device includes a portable housing, an optical source carried by the portable housing, and an optical dispersion finger sensor carried by the portable housing. The sensor may include an integrated circuit substrate adjacent the optical source so that l... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912256 | Secure system and method of creating and processing partial finger images Apparatus, system, method, computer program, and computer program product that provide a security in creating and processing fingerprint images obtained from a fingerprint sensor by generating a full image fingerprint minutia feature template without ever generating... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894643 | Finger sensor including flexible circuit and associated methods A finger sensor may include a finger sensing integrated circuit (IC) having a finger sensing area and at least one bond pad adjacent thereto, and a flexible circuit coupled to the IC finger sensor. The flexible circuit may include a flexible layer covering both the ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885436 | System for and method of assigning confidence values to fingerprint minutiae points A method in accordance with the present invention is used to organize minutiae and other identifying characteristics of a patterned object to verify a user. In one embodiment, the method includes matching minutiae points of the patterned object in one more sets with... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7831070 | Dynamic finger detection mechanism for a fingerprint sensor The present invention discloses an apparatus for determining the presence of a patterned object on the surface of a sensor. The apparatus comprises a sensor system coupled to a means for generating a control signal. The sensor system is configured to sense an image ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7788799 | Linear resilient material variable resistor A variable resistance device comprises a resistive member having a resistive resilient material. A first conductor is configured to be electrically coupled with the resistive member at a first contact location over a first contact area. A second conductor is configu... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787667 | Spot-based finger biometric processing method and associated sensor A method for finger biometric processing may include selecting at least one enrollment spot from finger biometric enrollment data comprising a plurality of pixels, and selecting at least one verification spot from finger biometric verification data comprising a plur... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7751595 | Method and system for biometric image assembly from multiple partial biometric frame scans Method and system for reconstructing seamless fingerprint image from set of image slices, or frames, from fingerprint swipe sensor. Robust normalized cross-correlation procedures are used for frame evaluation and image matching. Efficient use of device processing re... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7734074 | Finger sensor apparatus using image resampling and associated methods A finger sensor may include a plurality of finger image sensing arrays for generating a respective plurality of finger image data sets based upon sliding finger movement over the finger image sensing arrays, and a processor cooperating with the finger image sensing ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7697729 | System for and method of finger initiated actions A device for and method of performing a task associated with fingerprint data is disclosed. The method comprises reading fingerprint data, matching the read fingerprint data to stored fingerprint data, the stored fingerprint data having an associated task, and perfo... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693314 | Finger sensing device for navigation and related methods A finger sensing device may include a finger sensing area to receive a user's finger moved in a sliding motion, and a controller cooperating with the finger sensing area for generating successive image samples at least some of which are separated by different time i... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689012 | Finger sensor with data throttling and associated methods A finger sensing device may include a finger sensing area to receive a user's finger moved in a sliding motion, a sensor controller cooperating with the finger sensing area for collecting image data therefrom, an image processor, and a communications path for sendin... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684953 | Systems using variable resistance zones and stops for generating inputs to an electronic device The present invention is directed to variable resistance zones for sensing input to an electronic device, as well as ministops for controlling deformation of the input components to ensure the accuracy of the inputs sensed. In one embodiment, a system in accordance ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7671351 | Finger sensor using optical dispersion sensing and associated methods An optical dispersion finger sensor includes an integrated circuit substrate, and an optical source for directing light into a user's finger when positioned adjacent the integrated circuit substrate. The light may propagate into and be dispersed by the user's finger... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7629871 | Resilient material variable resistor A variable resistance device comprises a resistive member having a resistive resilient material. A first conductor is configured to be electrically coupled with the resistive member at a first contact location over a first contact area. A second conductor is configu... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7616787 | Methods for finger biometric processing and associated finger biometric sensors A method is for processing a plurality of finger biometric enrollment data sets that accounts for uncertainty in alignment between finger biometric enrollment data sets. The method may include generating a respective estimated physical transformation between each pa... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7616786 | Finger biometric sensor with sensor electronics distributed over thin film and monocrystalline substrates and related methods A finger biometric sensor may include a thin film substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) layer on the thin film substrate, and an array of electric field sensing electrodes adjacent the TFT layer for receiving a finger adjacent thereto. The TFT layer may include a ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7599532 | Finger sensing with enhanced mounting and associated methods A finger sensor may include a finger sensing integrated circuit (IC) having a finger sensing area, an IC carrier having a cavity receiving the finger sensing IC therein and having at least one beveled upper edge, and a frame surrounding at least a portion of an uppe... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599530 | Methods for matching ridge orientation characteristic maps and associated finger biometric sensor A method for comparing a finger biometric verify ridge orientation characteristic map to a finger biometric enrollment ridge orientation characteristic map may include generating a first probability distribution function substantially for corresponding values of the... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7587072 | System for and method of generating rotational inputs A system for and method of obtaining rotation information is disclosed. The method comprises capturing a plurality of patterned images from a plurality of locations, correlating the plurality of patterned images to generate sets of linear differences, and using the ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7424136 | Finger sensing with enhanced mounting and associated methods A finger sensor may include a finger sensing integrated circuit (IC) having a finger sensing area, an IC carrier having a cavity receiving the finger sensing IC therein and having at least one beveled upper edge, and a frame surrounding at least a portion of an uppe... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7361919 | Multi-biometric finger sensor having different selectivities and associated methods A multi-biometric finger sensor may sense different biometric characteristics that have different matching selectivities and that have at least a known spatial relationship. The sensor may include an integrated circuit substrate for receiving a user's finger adjacen... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358515 | Multi-biometric finger sensor including electric field sensing pixels and associated methods A multi-biometric finger sensor includes a plurality of electric field fingerprint sensing pixels on an integrated circuit substrate for sensing an image of the user's finger, and at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor on the integrated circuit su... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358514 | Multi-biometric finger sensor apparatus and associated methods A multi-biometric finger sensor may include infrared sensing pixels on an integrated circuit substrate for sensing infrared radiation emitted from the user's finger, and at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor on the integrated circuit substrate fo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351974 | Integrated circuit infrared sensor and associated methods An integrated circuit sensor may include at least one infrared sensing element on a substrate. The sensing element may include at least one first thermocouple junction heated from infrared radiation, at least one second thermocouple junction connected to the first t... | 04/01/2008 |
| D563252 | Fingerprint sensor pod design | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321701 | Infrared biometric finger sensor and associated methods A finger sensor apparatus may include an integrated circuit substrate for receiving a user's finger adjacent thereto, and a plurality of infrared sensing pixels on the integrated circuit substrate. The infrared sensing pixels are for sensing infrared radiation natur... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7280677 | Electronic device including fingerprint sensor and display having selectable menu items and associated methods An electronic device includes a housing, a display carried by the housing, and a fingerprint sensor also carried by the housing. The electronic device may also include a processor for generating a plurality of menu items on the display, and for scrolling an indicato... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7214953 | Multi-biometric finger sensor including optical dispersion sensing pixels and associated methods A multi-biometric finger sensor may include at least one optical dispersion sensing pixel on an integrated circuit substrate for sensing dispersed light from the user's finger, and at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor on the integrated circuit s... | 05/08/2007 |
