Apple’s very own Home button may not stay alive for long, as Apple has granted a patent for an “Interactive display panel with IR diodes” a method that would let users use virtual home button placed within the touchscreen.
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This patent was originally filed by a micro-LED display company LuxVue in 2014, the patent was reassigned in April after Apple acquired the company for an undisclosed sum back in 2014.

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Though there is no clue whether the iPhone X ( as rumors for the 10th anniversary) will come with this technology or not. Not only Apple is planning/inventing new fingerprint reader, Synoptics have also been cracking-opening with a new optical fingerprint sensor and fingerprint readers with built-in facial recognition.
How does It work?
According to patent, micro-LED can be used as a surrogate for standard capacitive touch arrays. Separate IR emitting and sensing diodes connect to drive and select circuitry to create a subpixel circuit. Due to the small size, these IR diodes can be embedded into a display alongside RGB LEDs on a microchip.

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Dubbed “Interactive Pixels,” the subpixel arrangement could incorporate red, green, blue, IR emitting and IR sensing LEDs in an extremely high-resolution panel. The system can also calibrate to perform any number of operations based on sensing components or more advanced features like touch detection and determining the surface profile of a target (fingerprint recognition) can also be outlined.
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