Oppo patented the fingerprint in the display

News24xx.com - The next trend in 2018 was the "migration" of the fingerprint scanner from the back of the smartphone directly to its display. This method of placement promises to simplify the interaction with the fingerprint sensor and thus speed up the process of unlocking the device. With the efforts of Synaptics specialists the first commercial sample of the fingerprint module was created - the Synaptics Clear ID scanner, embedded in the display module. The company Vivo was the first to demonstrate a serial version of the smartphone with a fingerprint scanner integrated into the screen. Thus, the US-Chinese tandem release of the Vivo X20 Plus UD pioneered the market and launched a new trend that promises to be widely used in the flagship devices of 2019 Earlier this technology patented Meizu.

The Chinese company Oppo is going to enter the market of devices with an innovative
fingerprint sensor in the wake of Vivo.
Oppo patented the technology of placing a fingerprint sensor in the smartphone's display,
GSM-Arena reports.
Information about the patent appeared on the website of the State Intellectual Property
Office of China (SIPO). The attached documents demonstrate options for using this
function: unlocking a smartphone, making purchases, authorizing payments, and so on.
The peculiarity of this sensor is the ability to respond to touch and when the screen is off,
and while working with it. According to experts, the technology differs from Vivo
smartphones
The mechanism of biometric unlocking of the smartphone, implying the need to touch the
finger of a certain zone on the screen, while there are only a few devices: Vivo X20 Plus
UD, Vivo X21 and Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design. Third-party brands prepare their own
analogues of the Synaptics solution.
According to rumors, the release of the Oppo R15s smartphone, equipped with a built-in
fingerprint scanner, may take place in the third quarter of 2018 - approximately in October.