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A method of and an apparatus for pre-selecting fingerprint cards

CA 2225850 C · Owner: Uchida, Kaoru · Inventors: Uchida, Kaoru

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To provide an apparatus for pre-selecting fingerprint cards having certain similarity to an S-card to be identified at a high-speed, among, a plurality of F-cards an apparatus of the invention comprises: an F-side cluster index determination section (2) for designating a cluster wherein feature data of the plurality of F-cards are to be classified according to features extracted from the plurality of F-cards; an F-card feature storing section (3) for storing the feature data of the plurality of F-cards in the cluster designated by the F-side cluster index determination section (2); an S-card feature storing section (5) for temporarily storing feature data of the S-card; an S-side cluster …

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  • Filed December 23, 1997 and granted August 7, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 23, 2017.
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FiledDecember 23, 1997
GrantedAugust 7, 2001
Term endedDecember 23, 2017
Patent numberCA 2225850 C
Classification (IPC)G06K9/20 +1 more

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