Qualcomm reveals what it claims is a better means for fingerprint scanning at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015-- a technology using ultrasonic waves to "read" fingerprints in 3D dubbed "Snapdragon Sense ID."
The technology penetrates the dermal layers of fingers to identify the sweat glands and generate a detailed 3D map of user fingerprints. As a result it should be more accurate than current capacitative touch sensors and harder to fool.
Additionally Qualcomm claims it scans through "glass, aluminum, stainless steel, sapphire and plastics," making it easy to integrate in device design elements (such as bezels) without need for additional materials.
Financial details of the deal are not available.
Such results mark the company's 5th consecutive quarter of mobile device declines, even if it fails to prove sales numbers-- a sharp contrast with iPhone sales reaching 74.5 million during the same period.
“We’d like to thank our customers for an incredible quarter, which saw demand for Apple products soar to an all-time high,” CEO Tim Cook says. “Our revenue grew 30% over last year, and the execution by our teams to achieve these results was simply phenomenal.”
“With this [vendors] can deliver wearables in a range of form factors," CEO Brian Krzanich says at the Intel CES keynote. "Rings, bags, bracelets, pendants, and yes, even the buttons on our jackets.”
