Xiaomi fingerprint identification new patent exposure! Can it be better than screen fingerprints?

Speaking of unlocking mobile phones, various manufacturers can be said to have a variety of patterns. In addition to SE3' s classic touch ID, Apple fully embraced Face ID, bid farewell to the fingerprint track, and even pointed out the skill tree of mask unlocking. Both Huawei and Samsung's flagship mobile phones adopt the unlocking form of fingerprints on the screen. Of course, off-screen fingerprints can be divided into optical fingerprints and ultrasonic fingerprints, and optical fingerprints can be subdivided into ultra-thin fingerprint modules and short-focus fingerprint modules. In short, it's complicated.

But Xiaomi can be regarded as an alternative. They still insist on using profile fingerprints to unlock the K50 series. And its competing product realme GT Neo3 is in the form of off-screen fingerprints, and even a poster is played to promote it. However, Xiaomi should not panic, because they recently announced a patent for fingerprint identification, trying to solve the problem of recognition accuracy caused by the small area of lateral fingerprint identification.

It is reported that this technology has a side recognition area and an edge recognition area on the side and edge of the middle frame of the whole machine respectively. Users can perform fingerprint identification by pressing the side identification area or corner identification area, which increases the effective identification range of side fingerprint identification and is beneficial to improving the identification efficiency of fingerprint identification module. It feels good to hear this description. As for the actual experience, it depends on the effect of landing.

In any case, there is no difference between high and low unlocking forms, only good and bad. The biggest problem of side fingerprint is that it is not friendly to left-handed, while the recognition rate of off-screen fingerprint is reduced after pasting, and the Face ID is not perfect. I hope that all manufacturers can truly stand on the consumer's point of view and innovate the unlocking form with both recognition rate and security. Do you usually prefer off-screen fingerprint unlocking or side fingerprint unlocking? Please leave a message in the comments section.