ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,884, issued on March 18, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Input devices incorporating biometric sensors" was invented by Robert Y. Cao (San Francisco), Michael K. McCord (San Francisco) and Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The button assembly integrates a biometric sensor below a top surface of the button. The button assembly is positioned relative to a secondary display of an electronic device. The secondary display can be positioned relative to a keyboard, such as above a top row of keys of the keyboard."
The paten...