ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,396, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Method and apparatus for restoring image of fingerprint sensor" was invented by Kyoung Hun Been (Asan-si, South Korea), Mi Young Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Woo Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Byeong Kyu Jeon (Busan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for restoring an image of a fingerprint sensor is described. The method includes capturing, by the fingerprint sensor, a fake fingerprint image from a fake fingerprint; calculating a phase of the fake fingerprint from the fake fingerprint image; capturing a plurality of ...