US Patent Issued to NEC on May 19 for "Fake finger determination apparatus and fake finger determination method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,158, issued on May 19, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fake finger determination apparatus and fake finger determination method" was invented by Akira Monden (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention improves an accuracy to discern a fake finger created by attaching a transparent thin film to the surface of a finger. The present invention has: a mounting surface that has a mounting area to mount an authentication target that is an object of fingerprint authentication; a transparent plate that is provided on mounting surface and defines a range of an image used for determining the authenticity of the authenticatio...