摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a finger vein authentication apparatus applicable to a compact information processing apparatus like a mobile phone, and an information processing apparatus using the same. <P>SOLUTION: The finger vein authentication apparatus includes a light source for emitting light toward a finger, an image sensor for taking an image of the transmitted light from the finger, a lens apparatus for imaging the transmitted light to the image sensor, and an image processor for processing the taken image. The lens apparatus 33 includes a short focus wide angle lens unit 38, and the image processor extracts a vein pattern of the finger upon correcting the strain of the taken image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |