Norway, Nov. 28 -- NEXT Biometrics, the world leader in advanced high-security fingerprint sensor technology, has secured patent approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its full-screen biometric authentication technology for smartphones. This is the 22nd patent secured by NEXT for its technology. NEXT's Active Thermal(R) technology uses both heat from the finger and 3D imaging to authenticate the user. This enables superior authentication speed and liveness detection to combat spoofing attacks, when compared with other fingerprint authentication technologies. The product also minimizes energy consumption and delivers exceptional performance in varying light and environmental conditions.Over the last 25 years,...