APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMAGES USING A PRISM

Patent №

US 7,953,259

Granted

2011-05-31

Filed 2010

Owner

CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12824765

An improved apparatus and method for obtaining images through a prism are provided. In an embodiment, a thin fingerprint prism wedge, with a geometry designed to minimize foreshortening and maximize contrast, is provided in an optical path between an optical sensor and an object to be imaged. In some embodiments, the apparatus operates on the principle of internal surface reflections instead of total internal reflection (TIR).

AI classification

Vision0.82
Natural language0.01
AI hardware0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Machine learning0.00
Planning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00

Ownership

CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

assignment · 246640760

Assignors

MCCLURG, GEORGE W.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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