Topo pointed out that since the acquisition of Authentic by Apple and from 2013 onwards after their own iPhone, iPad import fingerprint recognition technology, Android camp in these years, but also extensive use of fingerprint recognition technology for mobile phone unlocking and mobile payment.However, in the In 2017, under the influence of the comprehensive screen trend, the biometric identification strategy of the Android camp changed due to the fact that Apple replaced Face ID with Touch ID instead of Face ID.
In fact, since the introduction of smart phone fingerprint recognition technology, the market are based on capacitive fingerprint identification program, but because of the full screen smart phone's frontal space can not meet the consumer expectations of the pre-fingerprint identification, fingerprint identification camp in recent years All under the screen fingerprinting technology for the development of key directions.At Synaptics in addition to the UnderGlass optical program will be released by the end of 2016 to overcome the inherent limitations of capacitive fingerprint recognition technology is not enough to penetrate the phone cover glass recently also released for AMOLED panel design Screen Fingerprint Recognition Technology After more than a year of experience, Synaptics optical fingerprint recognition program has finally finally been expected to be mass-produced due to the yield improvement for itself and its related companies.
Synaptics in 2016 to 2017, the focus of its product line is the capacitive fingerprint recognition chip and the TDDI chip, as the market competition increases, Synaptics began to actively invest in screen fingerprinting technology development, while competitors such as Goodix, the recent Is also actively sent samples in the major mobile phone manufacturers; Qualcomm, is in 2017 and vivo cooperation showcased ultrasonic fingerprint identification program; the Swedish biometric maker FPC also released its ultrasonic fingerprint identification technology by the end of 2017, is expected to screen Fingerprint recognition technology will inject a new vitality into smartphones.
Observing the import status of mobile phone brands, Chinese brands such as OPPO, vivo, Meizu, Jinli, Xiaomi and Huawei all have the opportunity to import screen-fingerprints supporting AMOLED panels in 2018, in addition to the Korean brands Samsung and LG, which own AMOLED panels. However, AMOLED panel production capacity is still in the hands of Samsung, which will limit the Android camp in flagship models equipped with screen-size fingerprinting technology, so a large number of low-end phones will still use the lower cost of the traditional capacitive Fingerprint Identification Technology It is estimated that the global smart phone market will reach 1.53 billion by 2018, of which fingerprint technology penetration rate will reach 6%, up 5% from 2017.