Apple working on fingerprint scanner that will run under smartphone display. This is evidenced by the patent application filed by the company from the California Bureau of registration of patents and trademarks of the United States. Observers suggest that the development may find application in next generation smartphones iPhone.
Application No. 9460332 was filed in June 2015 and is called the “Capacitive fingerprint scanner and electrostatic lenses”. In the document, Apple has described the possibility of introducing biometric module under the glass of the phone, and not the Home button, as in existing iPhone and iPad models. The described method of recognition of fingerprints suggests that the user can apply a finger to a specific area of the screen of the mobile device.
The inability to embed the Touch ID scanner under the screen due to the distortion of the glass, which makes it difficult to read fingerprints. To solve this problem the developers at Apple are planning to introduce in a display panel, a layer of electrostatic lenses. The last in a special way to adapt the image of the fingerprint in an accurate and submit it to dactiloscopy through the surface of the glass.
Previously known blogger John Gruber said that 2017 Apple is going to radically revise the design of the iPhone. The new generation of “Apple” devices will be one big display panel without the Home button, padding around the edges and holes for camera and speaker. It was noted that Touch ID will be embedded directly into the display.
About the massive update iPhone wrote and respected KGI analyst Ming Chi Kuo, according to which Apple has decided to revise the design of the smartphone, completely changing the form factor. According to him, users will find “an entirely new form factor with thinner frame around the screen and more comfortable grip”.
