A card type device is mounted on a card slot of an electronic appliance. A
transparent cylindrical-shaped roller is provided at an edge portion of a
housing such that an outer peripheral plane of the roller is projected
from the edge portion. A one-dimensional image sensor is provided inside
the roller, which acquires one-dimensional fingerprint data of a finger
of a user, and this fingerabuts against the outer peripheral plane of the
roller. Since the finger abutting against the outer peripheral plane of
the roller is moved, the roller is rotated, so that one-dimensional
fingerprint data which are continuously acquired by the one-dimensional
image sensor are synthesized with each other to produce fingerprint data
as a two-dimensional image. The synthesized fingerprint data is
transmitted to the electronic appliance which carries out fingerprint
identification.