According to the news on March 22 on this website, today, a side fingerprint utility model patent of Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. was authorized.
The website learned that this fingerprint identification module covers the border and angular areas of the mobile phone.
Officials said that the sides and corners of the middle frame of the whole machine are provided with side identification areas and corner identification areas respectively. The user can carry out the fingerprint identification operation by pressing the side identification area or edge identification area, which increases the effective identification range of the side fingerprint identification, helps to improve the identification efficiency of the fingerprint identification module, enables the user to carry out the side fingerprint identification operation in the holding state, and enhances the operation convenience of the mobile terminal.