(19)
(11) EP 0 973 122 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
28.05.2008 Bulletin 2008/22

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
12.03.2008 Bulletin 2008/11

(21) Application number: 99305613.4

(22) Date of filing: 15.07.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06K 9/20(2006.01)
 A61B 5/117(2006.01)

(54)

Iris Information Acquisition apparatus and iris identification apparatus

Gerät zur Irisdatenerfassung und Irisindentifizierungsgerät

Appareil d'aquisation d'informations de l'iris et appareil d'identification de l'iris

(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 17.07.1998 JP 21974398

(43) Date of publication of application:
19.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/03

(73) Proprietor: Itoh, Haruo
Yokohama Kanagawa 240-0053 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Itoh, Haruo
    Yokohama Kanagawa 240-0053 (JP)

(74) Representative: O'Connell, David Christopher et al
HASELTINE LAKE, Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street
Bristol BS1 6HU
Bristol BS1 6HU (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
GB-A- 925 234
US-A- 5 291 560
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US-A- 5 572 596
   
  • PARDO F ET AL: "CMOS FOVEATED IMAGE SENSOR: SIGNAL SCALING AND SMALL GEOMETRY EFFECTS" IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISACATAWAY, NJ, US, vol. 44, no. 10, October 1997 (1997-10), pages 1731-1737, XP000703887 ISSN: 0018-9383
   
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