Will Fingerprint Biometrics Come to the Apple Pencil?
A new patent filed by Apple suggests that there may be a future version of the Apple Pencil that will be equipped with a biometric fingerprint scanner,…
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Mobile Biometrics, KYCC, and a Big Award in This Week’s Top Stories Roundup
2019 is about to come to a close, yet big news in the biometrics industry has continued right up to the end, as this week’s roundup of FindBiometrics’ top…
New Apple Patent Describes In-Display Touch ID
Apple has been awarded a patent for an optical sensor that could be used for an under-display fingerprint scanner in a future iPhone, and a report from…
Is Partial Biometric Facial Recognition Coming to Apple’s Face ID?
Apple has filed a patent application for an improved version of Face ID that would be able to recognize partial faces and overcome poor lighting conditions.…
Is Palm Biometrics on the Way to Future iPhones?
Having pioneered smartphone fingerprint scanning and facial recognition, Apple may turn next to palm reading as an additional biometric modality, suggests a…
Apple’s Not Done With Fingerprint Biometrics, Suggest New Patents
Once again, a new pair of patents suggests that Apple isn’t quite done with fingerprint recognition. The patents specifically concern acoustic imaging tech…
New Apple Patent For Biometric Touch Bar References Surprising Modality
A newly published Apple patent application suggests that an unexpected biometric modality could be on its way to Mac computers. The patent application was…
Apple Patent Application Details New Biometric Features for Mac Touch Bar
A newly published Apple patent application suggests that an unexpected biometric modality could be on its way to Mac computers. The patent application was…
Patent Describes Advanced Biometric Authentication for Apple Watch
Apple has filed a patent for a new form of biometric authentication that could be deployed in a future version of the Apple Watch. Originally filed in Q3 2018,…
Is Face ID Coming to the HomePod?
A recently published Apple patent suggests that the company could be planning to introduce Face ID and 3D hand gestures to its HomePod line of products. The…