| US 7,508,964 B2 | ||
| Biometric imaging device compensating for non-biometric parameters | ||
| Laurence Hamid, Ottawa (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Activcard Ireland, Limited, Dublin (Ireland) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 19, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/779,930. | ||
| Application 11/779930 is a continuation of application No. 10/173439, filed on Jun. 18, 2002, granted, now 7,272,248. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/305187, filed on Jul. 16, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0013806 A1, Jan. 17, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—125 [382/124; 340/5.53; 340/5.83; 356/71] | 27 Claims |
| 1. A biometric imaging device for imaging a biological feature, the biometric imaging device comprising:
means for sensing the biological feature and for providing sensed image data relating to an image of a surface of the biological
feature;
means for detecting an effect of a sensed environmental parameter on the biological feature, wherein the sensed environmental
parameter is other than a parameter relating to surface topology of the biological feature; and
processing means for correcting or restoring the sensed image data in dependence upon the detected environmental parameter.
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