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Title: News: Apple patents another way to scan fingerprints without Touch ID sensor Post by: HCK on February 14, 2017, 04:05:26 pm News: Apple patents another way to scan fingerprints without Touch ID sensor
(http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/fingerprint_sensor_new.jpg) Apple has been granted a patent for a new type of fingerprint reading technology that doesn’t require a dedicated scanning sensor. The patent was originally filed by LuxVue before that company was bought by Apple in 2014. The design uses a combination of micro-LED light and infrared diodes to detect a pattern, making it possible to scan a fingerprint without the use of the capacitive metal ring in Apple’s current Touch ID sensor. The improvement… Source: News: Apple patents another way to scan fingerprints without Touch ID sensor (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-patents-another-way-to-scan-fingerprints-without-touch-id-sensor) |