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LCD Screen With Embedded Optical Sensors

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the the-screen-that-looks-back dept.

dk3nn3dy writes "Sharp has developed a LCD display with optical sensors built into the displays pixels, without requiring a touch-sensitive film to be bonded on top of the regular screen. The optical sensor is similar to that used in scanners, allowing for notes or business cards to be scanned by the screen itself. As the optical recognition technology is built into the pixels it also simplifies tactile recognition based on simultaneously touching multiple points. Future uses include fingerprint authentication on the screen of your mobile phone or PDA, or iPhone style touch recognition. Volume production will start next spring."

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  1. Is it true? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Future uses include fingerprint authentication on the screen

    I heard development was funded almost entirely by Windex.

    1. Re:Is it true? by Hucko · · Score: 4, Funny

      You got a monkey pic ...?

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  2. Queue the Big-Brother/Orwell freaks in..... by B5_geek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Aside from the obvious concerns; this sounds like a great tech that could allow ....

    shit everything I can think of is evil..

    sorry. =)

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  3. But... by Unique2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do I see the screen to click the 'Scan' button when I've got the document in front of it?

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  4. Does this mean us blonde folks.... by AmazingRuss · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...will no longer be ridiculed for using whiteout on the screen?

  5. monkey by Inmatarian · · Score: 5, Funny

    This reminds me of that old 1995 email joke about having a scanner in your screen, and you could hold your face up to it and it would take your picture. Of course, all it did was load a picture of a monkey and said this was you.

    1. Re:monkey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      load a picture of a monkey and said this was you

      I hear the president is very pleased with his picture.

  6. Most screens already have this feature by davidc · · Score: 4, Funny

    All you need is the right software to access it. Fortunately, there are several websites out there that allow you to do this - e.g. amazingcamera.com

  7. Smile! You're being filmed! by __NR_kill · · Score: 1, Funny

    Imagine all those pron websites "watching" all those wankers..
    Big Brother will get a new swing in it's name..

  8. Tech support stories... by exploder · · Score: 2, Funny

    So there's the guy who thought his cd-rom tray was a cup holder, the lady who thought the mouse was a foot pedal, and the guy who thought you could fax a document by holding it up to the screen.

    That last guy should have patented it!

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  9. Re:1984 by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you hold a mirror up in front of it, then it sets up a feedback loop and burns out the camera. Feller who used to work for the BBC told me once.

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