Apple may implement Touch ID in the Mac thanks to a patent recently registered to those from Cupertino, it was submitted in 2007 for registration to the American authorities, but the procedures seem to have been prolonged for an unusually long time to reach an end only this week.
Apple has implemented touch ID in 2013 in iPhone 5S, but the technology was being developed in Cupertino since 2007, when Apple wanted to use it for Macs, but of course the use in iDev-ceuri would bring them much more money than expected.
In the patent filed 8 years ago with the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple describes all its Macs as being compatible with Touch ID, so it's not hard to believe that the fingerprint security system will soon reach computers its.
A finger sensing apparatus may include a finger sensor including an integrated circuit (IC) substrate, an array of finger sensing elements on the IC substrate, and match circuitry on the IC substrate for performing final finger matching. […] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device in the form of a laptop computer including a finger sensor and enhanced security in accordance with the present invention.
Of course, Apple greatly delayed the inclusion of Touch ID in Macs, probably due to the fact that it did not have a patent to protect the implementation, but this impediment has now disappeared, so we may see new Macs much more Interesting.
Having said that, the registration of this patent does not confirm without a doubt that Apple will implement Touch ID in Macs, but it shows us that the use of the technology is still possible.
