1. A fingerprint recognition apparatus comprising;
a fingerprint sensor unit for obtaining a fingerprint image of a finger that contacts a fingerprint contact surface disposed on the fingerprint sensor unit;
a control unit for performing a fingerprint recognition process on the basis of the fingerprint image obtained by the fingerprint sensor unit;
a sterilizing light source for irradiating sterilizing light onto the fingerprint contact surface,
a sensor unit disposed around the fingerprint contact surface to detect an exposure state of the fingerprint contact surface; and
a sterilizing light source controller for controlling the sterilizing light source such that the sterilizing light source is selectively turned onoff depending on information detected by the sensor unit,
wherein the sterilizing light source controller controls the sterilizing light source such that the sterilizing light source is turned on toward the fingerprint contact surface for a predetermined duration when it is determined, depending on the information detected by the sensor unit, that a user’s finger is detached from the fingerprint contact surface after contacting the fingerprint contact surface, and
wherein the sterilizing light source controller controls the sterilizing light source
such that the sterilizing light source is turned off when it is determined, depending on the information detected by the sensor unit, that a user’s finger accesses the fingerprint contact surface before the predetermined duration has passed since the sterilizing light source was turned on.
2. The fingerprint recognition apparatus according to claim 1, the apparatus further comprising an output unit for outputting a guide message requesting the user to stop contacting the fingerprint contact surface in response to a predetermined control signal,
wherein the control unit transmits the predetermined control signal to the output unit when operations of determining that a user’s finger accesses the fingerprint contact surface before the predetermined duration has passed since the sterilizing light source was turned on are repeated at least a predetermined number of times.
3. The fingerprint recognition apparatus according to claim 1, the apparatus further comprising an internal light source irradiating light for obtaining the fingerprint image on a rear side of the fingerprint contact surface, the rear side being an opposite side of a fingerprint-contacting side of the fingerprint contact surface, wherein the sterilizing light source is disposed around the internal light source to irradiate the sterilizing light on the rear side of the fingerprint contact surface.
4. The fingerprint recognition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sterilizing light source comprises a light emitting device that emits one of an infrared ray and an ultraviolet ray having sterilizing characteristics.
5. The fingerprint recognition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sterilizing light source is at least one of a point light source, an array type light source, a linear light source and a planar light source.
6. A method for sterilizing a fingerprint recognition apparatus, the method comprising:
detecting an access of a user’s finger to a fingerprint contact surface of the fingerprint recognition apparatus by using a sensor unit;
turning on a sterilizing light source to irradiate sterilizing light on the fingerprint contact surface for a predetermined duration when it is determined, depending on information detected by the sensor unit, that the user’s finger is detached from the fingerprint contact surface after contacting the fingerprint contact surface; and
turning off the sterilizing light source when it is determined, depending on information detected by the sensor unit, that a user’s finger accesses the fingerprint contact surface before the predetermined duration has passed since the sterilizing light source was turned on.
7. The method for sterilizing a fingerprint recognition apparatus according to claim 6, the method further comprising outputting a guide message requesting that the user discontinue contacting the fingerprint contact surface when a predetermined number of operating cycles of the turning on and the turning off are performed in succession.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A silver halide color reversal photosensitive material comprising at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a yellow color-forming color coupler, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a magenta color-forming color coupler and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a cyan color-forming color coupler, on a transparent support, wherein
the silver halide color reversal photosensitive material includes at least one interimage effect-donating layer that substantially forms no image;
the wavelength, rmax, at which the maximum sensitivity of the spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit is given, satisfies the relation: 620 nmrmax680 nm; and
the sensitivities of the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit satisfy the following relationships:
Sr(610) is of Sr(rmax) or more,
Sr(680) is {fraction (110)} of Sr(rmax) or more, andor
Sr(690) is {fraction (150)} of Sr(rmax) or more
wherein Sr(610), Sr(680) and Sr(690) are the sensitivities of the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit at 610 nm, 680 nm and 690 nm, respectively, and Sr(rmax) is the maximum sensitivity at rmax.
2. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the silver halide color reversal photosensitive material comprising at least one coupler selected from the group consisting of magenta couplers represented by the following general formula (MC-I), cyan couplers represented by the general formula (CC-I) and yellow couplers represented by the general formula (YC-I); and
the at least one coupler occupies from 30 mol % to 100 mol % of image-forming couplers contained in the blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit, the green-sensitive emulsion layer unit and the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit;
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wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or substituent; one of G1 and G2 represents a carbon atom, and the other represents a nitrogen atom; and R2 represents a substituent that substitutes one of G1 and G2 which is a carbon atom, wherein R1 and R2 may further have a substituent, a polymer of the general formula (MC-I) may be formed via R1 or R2, or a polymer chain may be bonded via R1 or R2; and X1 represents a hydrogen atom or a group that is capable of splitting off by a coupling reaction with an oxidized aromatic primary amine color developing agent;
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wherein Ga represents C(R13) or N; Gb represents C(R13) when Ga represents N, or Gb represents N when Ga represents C(R13); each of R11 and R12 is an electron-withdrawing group with a Hammett substituent constant p value of 0.20 to 1.0; R13 represents a substituent; and Y1 represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off by a coupling reaction with an oxidized aromatic primary amine color developing agent;
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wherein Q represents a residue forming a nitrogen-containing 6-membered ring with NCN moiety; R21 represents an alkyl group having 7 carbon atoms or more wherein R21 may be substituted by another substituent; X2 represents an aryl group; and Y2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off by a coupling reaction with an oxidized aromatic primary amine color developing agent.
3. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the wavelength, rmax, at which the maximum sensitivity of the spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit is given, satisfies the relation: 630 nmrmax650 nm.
4. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the sensitivities of the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit satisfy the following relationships:
Sr(610) is of Sr(rmax) or more,
Sr(680) is of Sr(rmax) or more, andor
Sr(690) is {fraction (140)} of Sr(rmax) or more.
5. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the interimage effect-donating layer contains a light-sensitive emulsion having a silver iodide content of 6 mol % or more.
6. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the interimage effect-donating layer contains two or more light-sensitive emulsions in combination, and the two or more light-sensitive emulsions have different speeds to each other.
7. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the interimage effect-donating layer contains a light-sensitive emulsion and a non-light-sensitive fine grain emulsion.
8. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the interimage effect-donating layer is an interimage effect-donating unit composed of two or more layers.
9. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the interimage effect-donating layer is one to donate interimage effect from the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit to the green-sensitive emulsion layer unit, or one to donate interimage effect from the green-sensitive emulsion layer unit to the blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit.
10. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 2, wherein the at least one coupler occupies from 70 mol % to 100 mol % of image-forming couplers contained in the blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit, the green-sensitive emulsion layer unit and the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit.
11. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 2, wherein the blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit contains at least one yellow coupler represented by the general formula (YC-I).
12. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 11, wherein the yellow coupler represented by the general formula (YC-I) occupied from 30 mol % to 100 mol % of image-forming coupler(s) contained in the blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit.
13. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 2, wherein the silver halide color reversal photosensitive material contains at least one each of the magenta coupler represented by the general formula (MC-I), the cyan coupler represented by the general formula (CC-I) and the yellow coupler represented by the general formula (YC-I).
14. The silver halide color reversal photosensitive material according to claim 13, wherein the magenta coupler represented by the general formula (MC-I) is contained in the green-sensitive emulsion layer unit in an amount of 30 mol % to 100 mol % of image-forming coupler(s) contained in the green sensitive emulsion layer unit, the cyan coupler represented by the general formula (CC-I) is contained in the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit in an amount of 30 mol % to 100 mol % of image-forming coupler(s) contained in the red-sensitive emulsion layer unit, and the yellow coupler represented by the general formula (YC-I) is contained in the blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit in an amount of 30 mol % to 100 mol % of image-forming coupler(s) contained in the blue sensitive emulsion layer unit.