New Apple patents for emotion recognition and MacBook face authentication

Apple may be inching closer to including Face ID biometrics in its MacBook laptops, based on a newly granted patent.

Tuesday, the U.S. patent office granted Apple patent 11727718, “Light Recognition Module for Determining a User of a Computing Device.” It describes a biometric authentication module built into the MacBook screen's notch.

As MacBooks are typically thin, the imaging hardware would need to be compact without sacrificing accuracy and user recognition, Apple notes in the filing.

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