Apple Patented Fingerprint Sensor for iPhone

San Francisco - A new patent reveals that Apple filed the possibility of the iPhone passcode screen will be replaced with a safer access code which uses a biometric sensor.

That means, in future iPhone will most likely be using the alias fingerprint fingerprint or facial recognition and eye as locking and opening access.

In the patent description submitted to the Patent and Trademark Office United States (U.S.), looked the picture that illustrates how the iPhone screen to unlock the two steps.

First, do a swipe on the words 'slide to unlock'. Next, put a finger on the fingerprint reader at the bottom of the screen. Only then the phone detects the user's fingerprint and open access.

Sensor fingerprint to unlock access to the device, as reported by TechRadar, Apple previously had been registered. In 2010, Apple is entitled to a patent fingerprint identification method on tablet devices.

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