Apple patents yet another method of embedding fingerprint reader into iPhone display

With everyone expecting the iPhone 8 to feature minimal bezels, a key requirement to realize that vision would be to remove the chin housing the Touch ID fingerprint sensor. While an iris scanner has been rumored as a replacement for fingerprints, Apple is also not short on options for embedding a fingerprint reader into the display. We’ve previously seen Apple patents for two different methods of doing this, and a patent granted today describes a third … more…