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- The Samsung Galaxy Watch 2 of 2019 could release the fingerprint sensor
- With camera and on-screen iris sensor
The Samsung Galaxy S10 will be the company's first phone with an in-display fingerprint sensor. This has been confirmed by the various rumors and is expected for 2019. It seems that Samsung is not going to limit this technology to mobile phones. Thanks to the filtration of a new company patent, we can know that the next Samsung Galaxy Watch 2 of 2019 will come with a fingerprint sensor on the screen. They will do so by making use of a somewhat different screen technology than the Galaxy S10 and other high-end Samsung models.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 2 of 2019 could release the fingerprint sensor
Until now, practically no brand had dared to implement a fingerprint sensor in a smartwatch. This is due to the little space that the body of the watch leaves to integrate a sensor of considerable size. The leak of a Samsung patent through the Patently Mobile website seems to indicate otherwise.
As can be seen in the image corresponding to the next Samsung watch, the company would have registered a patent this morning related to the unlocking system for its smartwatches. The system in question would be based on a camera located below the AMOLED screen whose function would be limited to collecting the profile of our fingerprint. In essence, it would be the same mechanism used by current sensors, such as the OnePlus 6T or the Huawei Mate 20 and 20 X.
With camera and on-screen iris sensor
But beyond the fingerprint sensor, what stands out from the patent scheme are the words that accompany the sensor in question. In these you can read that it could be an iris sensor or a camera to use, which makes us think that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 2 could have all these sensors in one.
Design of the Samsung Galaxy S10.
Of course, this would give us clues of what we could see in future Samsung Galaxy S and Note models. Remember that the new Galaxy S10 will come with a notch inside the screen itself to house the camera. This new system would allow them to house all these sensors inside the screen without having to add any protrusions in the AMOLED panel of the phone.
As we usually warn in these cases, the image is a mere prototype that could not see reality. However, it lets us see Samsung's intentions when it comes to unlocking technologies.
