The technology allows the smartphone to scan the user's fingerprints through the screen, as Sony has obtained a patent for identity checks.
It describes a series of Builds "light-
A transmission display "that allows the sensor to look outward from the screen.
It says that an unknown material would blur the sensor so that users would only see the graphics that tell them where their fingers are placed.
Sony did not say when it would launch the feature.
The innovation has been submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office and marked by the "connectionless" view on the website.
This will not be the first time a smartphone offers a fingerprint lock-
Motorola Mobile launched the Atrix last year-
A mobile phone with a biometric scanner on the back.
However, Sony's app shows that allowing a scan through the front of the phone will simplify the process. "[It would]
"Even users who are not familiar with fingerprint authentication can perform input operations for fingerprint authentication at any time," the patent document said . ".
Many technical analysts predict that mobile phones equipped with close-range communication (NFC)
Technology will replace credit card purchases in the near future.
Consumers may ask for security checks on their phones than four-digit pin code.
"Making consumer transactions easy is the goal of retailers and technology providers," Gartner's research director Brian Blau told the BBC . ".
"Something like this that securely guarantees user identity can only be a big step forward.
"Sony's patent documents show that phones with camera sensors at the back of the screen are also more suitable for video conferencing, saying that these phones can have larger monitors without increasing the overall size, because they don't have to leave room for the camera on top of the phone.
It added that the move would also help to prevent users from maintaining the "uneasiness" that comes from "eye contact" as they look at each other's images on the screen instead of directly entering the phone's camera
Not only Sony is seeking solutions to this problem.
Agoto filed a patent for four years to place the camera sensor in the center of the computer's screen so that users can naturally video meetings with each other and conduct self-
While looking at his face, he painted himself.
It has not yet put innovation into use.