The possibility that the next iPhone can perform fingerprint authentication on the display

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Patents of display technology that Apple has filed were published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Published patents enable fingerprint authentication on the display, and this function may be installed in the next iPhone.

United States Patent: 9570002


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According to the document published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple claims that it is a patent for "interactive display with infrared diodes".


This display uses a micro LED technology that arranges LEDs at a higher density than before, and as an example of use, it is mounted not on a fingerprint authentication sensor like the Touch ID mounted on the iPhone series but on a display It is mentioned that fingerprint authentication is performed with an IR diode.

This technology was originally patented in 2014 by a company called LuxVue, which develops micro LEDs. But in 2014 AppleAcquired LuxVueAs a result, the patent which was filed moved to Apple in the spring of 2016.

Apple Insider of IT related media "Apple may be trying to discard the Touch ID and move to a new system.When fingerprint authentication on the display becomes possible (Home button is gone) space is created and flexible in design It will bring about sex. "

The iPhone, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2017, said it will mount a curved OLED display with its front side completely covered, eliminating the home buttonRumorThere is a possibility that the technology of the patent that was released this time will be installed in the next iPhone if the rumor is true.

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