Sentences with phrase «glass ultrasonic fingerprint sensor»

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The Qualcomm's sensor for glass will be the first commercially announced ultrasonic fingerprint scanner that will be able to scan fingerprints through OLED displays.

Sonovation announced on Tuesday that it can insert ultrasonic biometric sensors under a Gorilla Glass display, and the device would still be able to read a user's fingerprints.

Qualcomm fueled the fire for the second option last month when it announced an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that works under glass, metal and water.

It is not yet mentioned how the technology exactly works but we can get an idea from the Samsung patent where they used 12 pressure point sensors sandwiched between cover glass and display panel where the scanner passes ultrasonic signals through an OLED to read the contours of a fingerprint without making direct contact.

The sensor, as it turns out, is the latest ultrasonic fingerprint sensor from Qualcomm that now works through OLED display stacks up to 1.2 mm thick, up to 0.8 mm of cover glass, or up to 0.65 mm of aluminum (an increase from 0.4 mm for both glass or metal).

Xiaomi has presumably beaten Apple to punch with its Mi 5s phone (starting at $ 300), which integrates an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor under its glass.