Samsungis gearing up to launch its sixth-generation foldable phone, but a patent filing from the company suggests it’s working to differentiate its future foldable and rollable phones from the competition.
The patent application allows users to use the phone not by touching it from anywhere, a screen technology that will allow you to unlock it by touching a specific area The application summary states that there will be a fingerprint recognition sensor under the display.
“We aim to integrate a fingerprint recognition sensor into the display panel, which is the largest area-occupying component in portable information communication devices,” the patent application states. The company’s goal is to develop a display that can implement a fingerprint recognition sensor without a separate external light source. It will also allegedly offer improved fingerprint recognition features.
Currently, expensive foldables come with side-mounted fingerprint sensors. However, this could be replaced with a full-screen under-display fingerprint scanner in the near future. Our source believes that the new technology could be used in Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphones and rollable devices like the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The patent also reveals that the first and second bases could be flexible.
Many people are frustrated with a side-mounted sensor on a foldable device that costs almost $2,000, and that’s a problem this new development could solve.
One of the reasons for using a side-mounted fingerprint sensor on a foldable phone is reportedly to reduce the thickness of the phone. We’ll have to see if Samsung can solve this problem by integrating the fingerprint recognition system into the display panel.