APPLE has developed a new technique that would hide a biometric reader inside an iPhone or a Mac and let owners secure their systems with fingerprints or even facial recognition without added complication.
A patent filing for the process this week revealed the company wants to provide a more secure method for preventing unauthorised access to a device than current methods like passwords.
The company plans to do this without taking up added time with a separate scan or consuming extra space with a distinct reader.
The solution, according to Apple, is to use a sensor either hidden within the device or else repurposed from its usual role.
Devices could recognise a fingerprint or finger vein pattern simply by waiting for the user to touch the display, which would hide the sensors on or behind the screen.
Alternatively, forward-facing camera could look for retinal patterns or recognise facial features.
As an alternative to biometrics, Apple further has proposed the use of other non-alphanumeric but also less obvious locks.
In hardware, owners could get access by providing their voice to a microphone or tilting a device in certain directions.
On touch devices, users could place their fingers in a particular pattern on screen, make gestures or tap out a sequence.
When the new inventions may be available has not yet been revealed.
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