Natural ID brings fingerprint recognition to phones, tablets

January 08, 2013

LAS VEGAS—It’s the stuff of science fiction: You press your finger to a touch screen, the ridges in your skin make an impression on the smooth glass, and the device recognizes your fingerprint and welcomes you back. Fingerprint authentication technology is still maturing, but San Jose-based tech company Validity Sensors is demonstrating its Natural ID technology at the International CES this week in an effort to draw more interest from manufacturing partners. Natural ID sensors lie beneath a smartphone or tablet’s glass display to unobtrusively scan your fingerprint and verify it. Since launching in 2008, Validity has focused so far on computer-based fingerprint authentication services. Now, the company is switching its attention to phone and tablet fingerprint technology because passwords and pins aren’t secure enough, said Validity marketing director Doug Vargha. Natural ID's sensors recognize your unique fingerprint on your phone. Natural ID is garnering attention from unspecified phone and tablet OEMs, Vargha said while demonstrating the technology on a smartphone Monday night. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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