138a:0091 VFS7552 Touch Fingerprint Sensor

Validity Sensors, Inc.

Vendor ID
138a
Product ID
0091
Combined
138a:0091
Decimal
5002:145

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a VFS7552 Touch Fingerprint Sensor manufactured by Validity Sensors, Inc.. The vendor ID 138a is registered to Validity Sensors, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0091 is the product ID that Validity Sensors, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 138a:0091 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS7552 Touch Fingerprint Sensor.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0091 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS7552 Touch Fingerprint Sensor

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 138a:0091, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 138a:0091. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=138a, idProduct=0091.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_138A&PID_0091
USB\VID_138A&PID_0091&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_138A&PID_0091"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    VFS7552 Touch Fingerprint Sensor:
      Product ID: 0x0091
      Vendor ID: 0x138a  (Validity Sensors, Inc.)

Driver help

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

138a  Validity Sensors, Inc.
	0091  VFS7552 Touch Fingerprint Sensor

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