“These guys really want to put touch in their phones, but they can't afford to do it,” Carey said. “And the sensor is the biggest thing driving the cost.” Carey said Cypress's new sensor, SLIM (single ...

The touch screen user interface often forces a user to use both ... Figure 3 Capacitive touch sensors across the phone bezel enable flexible placement of controls such as volume adjustment. Capacitive ...

The patent proposes layering a flexible membrane containing touch sensors over the entire phone. The idea here would ... supplies touch input to a touch screen display, the user's hand may block ...

Also has one of the most advanced cameras we've seen on a touch-screen phone. The bottom line: Though its navigation controls and keypad aren't up to par, this is one of the finest camera phones ...

Most smartphones have a proximity sensor already – it’s the gadget that senses when the phone is against you face and turns off the screen. Imagine a more sensitive version of this with a ...

“Over the past few years, there have been discussions within Apple about bringing Touch ID back to high-end iPhones,” he said. “The company has tested in-screen Touch ID and even ...

whereas with Samsung’s current foldables the touch sensor is a separate layer placed on top of the foldable screen. Having it integrated into the screen is common on non-foldable phones but is ...

The screen sizes that appeared in these reports ... I’m worried about relying on Touch ID on an ultra-thin foldable phone where the touch sensor might be even smaller. I’ve had similar issues ...

Samsung’s South Korean screen subsidiary unveiled an OLED display on Monday with built-in cardiovascular and fingerprint sensors ... put the Display OLED on its phones. It showed off other ...

The argument was that because Apple had developed Face ID, which was touted as being significantly more secure, then Touch ... at the phone. Close your eyes, look away from the screen, or display ...

Apple Inc.’s senior executive overseeing touch-screen technology, health sensors and the company’s Face ID interface is leaving the company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.