Patent №
US 6,408,087
Granted
2002-06-18
Filed 1998
Owner
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS, INC.
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09006691
A method of and system for providing user input to a computer, or the like, having a display by detecting a change in fingerprint pattern of a user. The system controls the position of a pointer on a display by detecting motion of ridges and pores of a fingerprint of a user and moving the pointer on the display according to detected motion of the ridges and pores of the fingerprint. The system captures successive images of the fingerprint ridges and pores and detects motion of the ridges and pores based upon the captured successive images.
AI classification
Ownership
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS, INC.
assignment · 89340858
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
namechg · 128420463
Assignors
KRAMER, ALAN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.