Alipay palmprint payment device appearance patent authorized

CTOnews.com March 10 news, Alipay Information Technology Co., Ltd. applied for "Palmprint Payment Equipment Appearance Patent" recently authorized.

CTOnews.com inquired about the State Intellectual Property Office and learned that the product name authorized by Alipay this time is "Palmprint Recognition Device," which is mainly used to collect palmprint and palm vein characteristic information of human body. The design key point lies in shape. It is not difficult to see that this product is mainly used for palmprint information collection before users open palmprint payment, and identification of palmprint information during subsequent payment.

According to previous reports, Tencent Youtu and Weixin Pay have jointly launched a new payment method_"palm swipe payment." After users open WeChat palm swipe payment function, they only need to scan in palm print recognition area to complete the payment of goods. Alipay, as a competitor, is also actively following up and has laid out palm print payment fields. In addition to developing the above-mentioned palmprint payment prototype equipment, Alipay is also developing technologies related to palmprint payment functions.