Qualcomm launches ultrasonic fingerprint identification Sensor challenge Touch ID

Fingerprint identification technology has now become a standard for some smartphones, such as Apple's Touch ID and Samsung, all using the traditional fingerprint press recognition technology. Recently, Qualcomm has released a new fingerprint identification sensor, unlike previously, it uses ultrasonic technology to verify the user 3D fingerprint.

Seconds off Touch ID: high-pass ultrasonic fingerprint identification sensor

High-throughput Ultrasonic fingerprint identification sensor (SLASHGEAR)

Qualcomm said the fingerprint identification technology known as the "骁丽 Dragon Sense ID", the user's fingers have a small amount of dirt or humidity can still work, even through the glass, aluminum, stainless steel, sapphire, plastic and other equipment to identify. This means that handset makers can integrate sensors and devices without having to make a single button in the Fingerprint Identification Unit.

Therefore, in theory, ultrasonic fingerprint identification technology can be placed in a flat screen window. In addition, in terms of security, there are also major improvements. Qualcomm said ultrasound has long been used in the field of professional biometrics, which penetrates the epidermis and detects three-dimensional details of fingerprints, making it difficult for hackers to clone fingerprints into their phones.

Qualcomm will also be the first mobile phone chip 骁丽 Dragon 810 Hairon 415 Integrated sense IDs, but also to provide a separate module for the manufacturer, the most mobile phone to use the technology will be available later this year.

Apple's Touch ID, launched in 2013, is a two-dimensional fingerprint-identification device that, because of Apple's acquisition of biometric technology maker AuthenTec in 2012, has made it impossible for other manufacturers to use the up-press fingerprint identification sensor for a long time. Samsung's Galaxy S6 yesterday used Synaptics technology. In this regard, Qualcomm said the technology compared to Apple and Samsung has an advantage.