In this year's iPhone X mobile phones on sale, Apple gave up the fingerprint recognition technology, using a three-dimensional face recognition.Apple executives even told the media that Apple has never considered using the iPhone X screen fingerprint recognition technology, the purpose is to invest All the energy, as much as possible to improve the accuracy of face recognition and user experience.
However, foreign media have recently burst into contradictory news that it has been reported that Apple has patented a technology patent for fingerprinting in OLED screens (organic light-emitting diodes, hereinafter referred to as "organic screens") in Europe and the United States However, it is impossible to confirm whether this technology has reached a practical stage.
A year prior to the launch of the iPhone X, a number of media outlets reported that Apple was ready to adopt screen-under-the-skin fingerprinting technology for a decade, but Apple faced a huge technological dilemma: According to authoritative media reports, at the last minute, Apple was forced to give up Screen fingerprinting, but the use of face recognition as a means of authentication.
However, Apple executives said they never thought of fingerprinting .This statement and a large number of media coverage is completely inconsistent.Apple executives say, is true, it is unknown.
According to PATEntlyApple, a U.S. technology news site, Apple Inc. was awarded a new patent in Europe and the United States, describing how a particular organic screen can recognize fingerprinting information and enable simple applications.
Apple's fingerprint recognition technology and the screen is closely related to the organic screen, which is not applicable to the traditional LCD screen.In this year's iPhone X, Apple uses Samsung Display Company supplied organic screen, the future with the increase in suppliers, Apple All mobile phones will use the organic screen.
Data show that Apple developed the technology under the screen fingerprinting, not an ancient technology.The patent application time is in 2015, but in the fourth quarter has just been granted.
For Apple executives self-contradictory position, the foreign technology media pointed out that Apple's marketing and actual development appeared paradoxical, marketing department may not understand what exactly Apple researchers in the development of what kind of technology.
Apple has a large number of internal R & D team and researchers, different projects may be engaged in different technology development.But for now it is certain that Apple has put enough effort to develop screen fingerprint recognition technology.
Apple mentioned in the patent application documents that organic screens are becoming more and more commonplace in consumer electronics products. They use technology to integrate organic and touchscreens and fingerprint recognition with specialized touch sensors.
It is reported that Apple will integrate multiple screen function layer technology can be used in a variety of electronic devices, such as music players, smart phones or tablet PCs.
However, technical patents and actual product development fall into two categories. Although Apple has developed some technologies, its technology may not yet be practical.
Apple is the tenth anniversary of Apple's entry into the smart phone market in 2017, when Apple and Cook decided to launch a product with a major upgrade. Apple decided to significantly increase its share of the screen and cancel the old main screen key, so that Apple needed other means Achieve identification.
In the smart phone industry, a more extensive approach is to develop screen fingerprint recognition technology.Samsung Electronics is currently actively developing, it is possible in the next year's S series or Note series for the first time launched under the screen fingerprint recognition.In addition, Qualcomm It has also released a fingerprint recognition program under the screen. It is expected that Chinese handset manufacturers will use Qualcomm technology in next year's products.
But unlike the entire industry, Apple gave up on-screen fingerprinting and even fingerprinting, all relying on brand-new face recognition, which analysts predict will be fully configured for face recognition in all handsets next year.
However, many media and consumers pointed out that in identity recognition, fingerprint recognition, user experience better than face recognition, Apple to give up fingerprinting is a mistake.Consumers think, pick up the phone in a moment you can put the finger Recognized in one place, the mobile phone that has been "in sight" has been unlocked, but in face recognition, the user needs to face his face at the mobile phone, wasted some time.
In addition, recently there has been iPhone X face recognition is cracked or in some cases unusable news, such as teens users are currently unable to use face recognition.
Next year's Android phone is expected to launch screen fingerprint recognition, the future direction of the development of mobile phones face recognition or screen fingerprinting, it is worth a high degree of attention.