US Patent Issued to Synolo Biometrics on March 24 for "Fingerprint capture devices, systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,405, issued on March 24, was assigned to Synolo Biometrics Inc. (San Diego).

"Fingerprint capture devices, systems and methods" was invented by Steven J. Saggese (San Diego), Tom Kalisky (San Diego) and Greg B. Scott (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fingerprint capture device includes a removable, magnetically attached finger aperture selector to facilitate reconfiguration of the device to image a wide range of finger sizes and body regions. The device housing and the selector are also configured for one-handed use, based on the angle and location of the imaging actuator and the selector relative to the device handle. The...