A fingerprint input device capable of obtaining a fingerprint image
presenting sufficient contrast is provided. The fingerprint input device
includes: a two-dimensional image sensor for picking up a fingerprint
image from a fingerprint measured portion of a measurement target finger;
and a transparent solid film mounted on an image pickup surface of the
two-dimensional image sensor, the fingerprint measured portion being
mounted on the transparent solid film when the two-dimensional image
sensor picks up the fingerprint image, wherein the fingerprint input
device picks up an image of a fingerprint ridgeline portion in the
fingerprint measured portion as a light portion, and picks up an image of
a fingerprint valley portion in the fingerprint measured portion as a
dark portion through an air layer, and a refractive index of the
transparent solid film satisfies that contrast of the image is more than
a given value.