L’azienda norvegese NEXT Biometrics ASA punta al mercato di device focalizzati sul design sottile, siano essi smartphone, tablet e notebook.
Ecco un dichiarazione di Tore Etholm-Idsoe, CEO della compagnia leader nella produzione di sensori di impronte digitali ad alta qualità e a basso costo:
We expect the new ultra-thin fingerprint sensors to assist us significantly to expand NEXT’s share of the smartphone, tablet and notebook market for fingerprint sensors.
The new ultra-thin fingerprint sensor design breakthrough comes with several important advantages. It allows ultra-thin NEXT fingerprint sensors to be built into smartphones, tablets and notebooks using highly attractive and competitive industrial designs.
Removing the bezel enables industrial designers at NEXT customer companies to determine the size and shape of sensors simply by the designs of the opening in the smartphone back covers or notebook palm rests.
L’azienda ha aggiunto che i nuovi design del sensore miglioreranno la robustezza ESD (ElectroStatic Discharges) a livelli compatibili con la maggior parte degli standard ESD più rigorosi, incontrando i requisiti necessari alla produzione in mercati rilevanti per il settore di fingerprinting.
NEXT ha inoltre aggiunto che aver rimosso alcuni componenti dai propri sensori ne ha ridotto il prezzo.
Targeting significant market share in the attractive smartphone, tablet and notebook markets, NEXT has been aiming to better meet the requirements of industrial designers. Our NEXT sensors will now be virtually flush with the surroundings, sunken in only by 0.4 to 0.6 mm.
This combines great ID with the minimum depth needed for users to feel where to place the finger. Such minimum guidance for uniform finger placement is important for the user experience of any fingerprint system. This is especially true in the context of smartphones, which are used on-the-go.
NEXT is very pleased with this important breakthrough realized after many months of hard work by our high-quality teams in Seattle and Taipei.
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