Personal identification

摘要

A handheld imaging apparatus (125) for capturing an image of an eye (110) comprises a housing (125) having an eyecup (115) at a rear window (120) to position the eye. The housing (125) provides a lineofsight through the apparatus to a front window (140). An angled, semireflecting mirror (145) in the line of sight directs an image of the eve to a camera (135) for the purposes of image capture. The apparatus also includes a transmitter (160) and a receiver (162) to transmit and receive data relating to iris image information to and from a remote apparatus.