Appeal No. 2005-0651
Application 09/826,486
Invention
Appellant’s invention relates to a biometric security system
formed as a single integrated circuit using standard
complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes, and
includes a CMOS image sensor 16, a signal processor 18, which may
be a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (“DSP”), non-
volatile memory 20, and an input/output section 22.
Appellant’s specification at page 5, lines 3-6.
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is
reproduced as follows:
1. An appliance integrated biometric security system
comprising:
an electronic appliance; and
an integrated biometric security system formed in a single
integrated circuit die and including a CMOS image sensor, a
signal processor, and non-volatile memory.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Maurinus et al. (Maurinus) 5,606,365 Feb. 25, 1997
Hundt 6,028,773 Feb. 22, 2000
Hattori et al. (Hattori) 6,225,676 May 1, 2001
(Filed February 19, 1999)
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