With the increasing risk of security issues there has been a corresponding increase in demand for biometric identification technology. Therefore, Innolux has made use of their flexible panel manufacturing capabilities and teamed up with NEXT Biometrics for their thermal-inductive fingerprint identification technology and have succeeded in jointly creating the world's first thermal-inductive flexible fingerprint sensor which can utilized in smart card, credit card, and mobile payment applications.

NEXT Biometrics CEO Ritu Favre said: “This unprecedented invention has enabled us to create and patent the flexible thermal sensor prototype and paved the way for our current mass production capabilities, and we anticipate that enterprises who value security will be NEXT's future clients.”

Innolux Technology Production Technology Center Executive Vice President Chin-Lung Ting stated that NEXT Biometrics' active thermal-inductive fingerprint identification technology features a large scanning area and high precision and is the top performer in both hard glass and flexible products. Furthermore, the prices are quite competitive in comparison with the second generation of capacitance fingerprint identification chips, and they meet the requirements for smart card markets in areas with high security risks.

Innolux has been collaborating with NEXT Biometrics in the research and development of thermal sensors on hard glass since 2011, and in 2016 NEXT Biometrics proceeded to make millions of fingerprint sensor shipments to well-known PC manufacturers for use in business notebooks and tablet computers.

(TR/ Phil Sweeney)