Dale R Setlak

6628812, Sep 30, 2003

May 9, 2000

09/568330

Dale R. Setlak - Melbourne FL
Daryl Williams - Palm Bay FL
Matthew M. Salatino - Satellite Beach FL

Authentec, Inc. - Melbourne FL

G06K 900

382124

A fingerprint sensor package includes a fingerprint sensing integrated circuit within a housing and comprising a plurality of electric field sensing electrodes and processing circuitry connected thereto. At least one external electrode is carried by the housing for finger contact. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit is provided within the housing and is connected to the at least one external electrode. An isolation circuit is connected to the at least one line of the processing circuitry for external connection. The external electrode and ESD circuit, as well as the line isolation circuit protect the integrated circuit against damage by voltage transients, such as ESD. The at least one external electrode may include first and second external electrodes. The first electrode may be connected to the electrostatic discharge circuit. The processing circuit may further comprise a wake-up circuit for selectively powering predetermined circuit portions responsive to sensing finger contact with the second external electrode.

6785408, Aug 31, 2004

May 9, 2000

09/567644

Dale R. Setlak - Melbourne FL
Barbara E. Cornett - Melbourne Beach FL

Authentic, Inc. - Melbourne FL

G06K 900

382125, 340 583

An apparatus and method for enrolling at least one fingerprint and determining a match of a new fingerprint thereto uses data related to fingerprint ridge flow for matching a desired area segment of a new fingerprint to a corresponding area segment stored in a database. The apparatus generates and stores enrollment data based upon fingerprint ridge flow over a plurality of area segments for the at least one fingerprint, senses a new fingerprint, and generates sensed data based upon fingerprint ridge flow of the new fingerprint over at least one desired area segment of the plurality of area segments. The method also preferably includes comparing the enrollment data and sensed data to determine whether the new fingerprint matches an enrolled fingerprint. The generating of sensed data preferably comprises identifying and generating sensed data for only a single desired area segment in one embodiment. In another embodiment, a plurality of area segments are identified and processed to achieve a desired performance.

6795569, Sep 21, 2004

May 9, 2000

09/567645

Dale R. Setlak - Melbourne FL

Authentec, Inc. - Melbourne FL

G06K 900

382124, 382125

A method and apparatus generates fingerprint data for a fingerprint area larger than a sensing area of a fingerprint sensor. A fingerprint of a user is enrolled by generating fingerprint data sets responsive to placing a finger of a user on a sensing area of the fingerprint sensor a plurality of times with the finger being slightly repositioned on successive placements. The method also includes processing the fingerprint data sets to generate a composite fingerprint data set over an area of the fingerprint larger than the sensing area of the fingerprint sensor. The method may also be extended to the matching of a new fingerprint to an enrolled fingerprint based upon at least one sensing of the new fingerprint and the composite fingerprint data sets. A plurality of fingerprint feature location data sets may be generated and include at least one of a plurality of minutiae location data sets, a plurality of skin pore location data sets, and a plurality of feature location data sets relating to fingerprint ridge flows.

6950541, Sep 27, 2005

May 9, 2000

09/567334

Dale R. Setlak - Melbourne FL, US
Daryl Williams - Palm Bay FL, US

Authentec, Inc. - Melbourne FL

G06K009/00

382126

A fingerprint sensor package preferably includes a fingerprint sensing integrated circuit in a housing, and a circuit substrate comprising first and second portions connected together. The first portion is within the housing and mounts the fingerprint sensing integrated circuit, and the second portion is flexible and extends outwardly from the housing for facilitating electrical connection to the fingerprint sensing integrated circuit from external to the housing. Each portion of the circuit substrate preferably includes at least one insulating layer and at least one electrical conductor thereon. Accordingly, the package can be made relatively compact and electrical interconnections are facilitated by the second portion or extension of the circuit substrate. In one embodiment, the first and second portions are integrally formed together. In this embodiment, the first portion is also flexible.

7076089, Jul 11, 2006

May 17, 2002

10/150518

Robert Scott Brandt - Satellite Beach FL, US
David Carl Gebauer - Melbourne FL, US
Dale Raymond Setlak - Melbourne FL, US
Peter Eric Sherlock - Satellite Beach FL, US
Matthew M. Salatino - Satellite Beach FL, US

Authentec, Inc. - Melbourne FL

G06K 9/00

382124, 382312, 438 55, 438112

A fingerprint sensor may include a plurality of electrostatic discharge (ESD) electrodes carried by a dielectric layer of a fingerprint sensing portion. The fingerprint sensing portion is for sensing a fingerprint of a user. The fingerprint sensing portion may include the dielectric layer, and, in some embodiments, may also include an array of sensing electrodes also carried by the dielectric layer. Accordingly, each ESD electrode may be interposed between adjacent sensing electrodes. The ESD electrodes attract ESD events and dissipate the energy therein to avoid damaging adjacent sensing electrodes and/or portions of the dielectric layer. The fingerprint sensor may also include an electrically conductive layer connected to the ESD electrodes, which may provide a convenient ground plane, for example, for removing ESD energy from the fingerprint sensor. The electrically conductive layer may extend beneath the sensing electrodes.

7214953, May 8, 2007

Sep 3, 2004

10/935705

Dale R. Setlak - Melbourne FL, US
Richard J. Jones - Indialantic FL, US
Gordon S. Franza - Rockledge FL, US

Authentec, Inc. - Melbourne FL

G06K 11/00
G06K 9/00

250556, 356 71, 382124

A multi-biometric finger sensor may include at least one optical dispersion sensing pixel on an integrated circuit substrate for sensing dispersed light from the user's finger, and at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor on the integrated circuit substrate for sensing a finger biometric characteristic different than the dispersed light from the user's finger. The sensor may also include a processor connected to the at least one optical dispersion sensing pixel and the at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor.

7280677, Oct 9, 2007

Oct 10, 2003

10/683602

Curt M. Chandler - Satellite Beach FL, US
Dale Raymond Setlak - Melbourne FL, US
Arthur Leslie Stewart - Melbourne Beach FL, US

Authentec, Inc. - Melbourne FL

G06K 9/00
G05B 19/00

382116, 340 583

An electronic device includes a housing, a display carried by the housing, and a fingerprint sensor also carried by the housing. The electronic device may also include a processor for generating a plurality of menu items on the display, and for scrolling an indicator along the menu items based upon static placement of a finger adjacent a selected portion of the fingerprint sensor. The sensor may have a polygonal shape, and the scrolling may be in a direction of a corner portion of the polygonal shape. The menu items may be arranged in a single column, or in a plurality of columns.

7321701, Jan 22, 2008

Sep 3, 2004

10/935468

Dale R. Setlak - Melbourne FL, US
Richard J. Jones - Indialantic FL, US

Authentec, Inc. - Melbourne FL

G06K 9/20

382312

A finger sensor apparatus may include an integrated circuit substrate for receiving a user's finger adjacent thereto, and a plurality of infrared sensing pixels on the integrated circuit substrate. The infrared sensing pixels are for sensing infrared radiation naturally emitted from subdermal features when the user's finger is positioned adjacent the integrated circuit substrate. The finger sensor apparatus may also include a processor connected to the infrared sensing pixels for generating infrared biometric data based upon infrared radiation naturally emitted from the subdermal features of the user's finger.