2023-03-28

Apple patent filing for under-display biometrics capture system published

Separate lawsuits allege IP violations by major grocery chain, bank A new method for capturing face, fingerprint and iris biometrics from under the display of an electronic device is the subject of a patent application from Apple newly published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The published patent application, spotted by Patently Apple, describes the use of infrared sensors, possibly quantum film infrared sensors, to capture various user biometrics, and possible hand gestures. Quantum film is a kind of thin semiconductor film, made up of colloidal quantum do...
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