摘要 |
<p>There is described a biometric time and attendance apparatus and method for scanning an epidermal portion of a human body, generating an epidermal topographical pattern and transmitting the epidermal topographical pattern to a host computer (20) for determining access privileges and for updating epidermal topographical database. Input to the computer is by means of a plurality of terminals (10) which are connected to the host computer (20). Each terminal is placed at a location where access control is required. The host computer (20) includes a processor (30), RAM (40) and ROM (50). The host computer is also connected to an input unit (70), such as a keyboard, and an output unit (80), such as an LCD. <IMAGE></p> |