A patent application granted by Apple by the US Patent and Trademark Office shows how the Apple Watch could identify the user in the future.
The portal patentlyapple.com has once again brought to light a new Apple patent. It is an open secret that Apple continues to research its technologies. Patent applications are published again and again that show what we could expect in the iWorld. Now a new patent shows that Apple is considering giving the Apple Watch a new biometric recognition technology. According to this, the popular smartwatch is to get a new sensor that scans the surface of the user's skin. The Apple Watch is to identify the user through a subsequent analysis. The patent description shows several ways of recognition. These include, for example, an infrared sensor that can measure heat conduction and a sensor that can determine the electrical field of the skin. The infrared sensor can also carry out the measurement without light, explains Apple. Apple has not described any further details about the other sensors. Such an authentication method would be an absolute asset for the Apple Watch. Nevertheless, patents should always be treated with caution. It is not uncommon for many such ideas never to make it into finished products.
