The Cupertino company continues incessantly to patent new technologies for its future products. Among the most recent patents that are related to the replacement of the Touch ID with a detection sensor, which works with the spread of sound waves.

There are now numerous voices who support the removal of the Home button in the next Apple smartphone. Its disappearance would be a problem even for the replacement of the Touch ID, the current security system, which recognizes our fingerprints. On this issue we have already had occasion to recommend several rumors, such as those relating to the release of the device via facial recognition.

Recently, Apple has patented a new security system, able to perform a biometric recognition, taking advantage of the sound waves. This technology can be easily integrated on both the body of the device, which for example in dedicated to the display panel, giving more freedom to Apple engineers for its implementation. Sound waves, propagating in the vicinity of the device, bounce on our hands. Thanks to a sensor, capable of recognizing the reflection and diffraction of the waves, the device would be able to recognize our biometric data.

Via | MacRumors

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