Apple plans to improve protection technology mobile biometric sensor Touch ID, indicates patent application of the company published on Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark United States. The document discloses the use of special methods of interaction with the fingerprint scanner with the help of gestures.
According to the description of technology, iPhone users will need to rotate the finger placed on the sensor Touch ID, to enter the secret code on the lock screen of your smartphone.The document notes that for the successful passage of the authorization is necessary to repeat a sequence of circular motion in one direction or another.
In addition to the sign of rotation function involves the use of swipe gestures made directly to the fingerprint. In particular, Touch ID can detect when the user moves a finger over the sensor up and down and from side to side.
At the first stage the fingerprint reader on the iPhone used to unlock the iPhone and iPad.With the release of iOS 8 Apple expanded its capabilities. Now developers can use the sensor for user identification and authentication. In addition, double-tap the button on the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus runs the function Reachability.
However, the patenting of a technology does not mean its use in commercial products.Official information about the new models of iPhone and iPad may come as early as next year.