Chapter 50 Five-Party Cooperation (Ch 826063754)

“Optical screen unlocking technology!”
Chen Tong finally unveiled the surprises the company had prepared for major manufacturers.
His voice was steady and powerful, instantly attracting the attention of everyone in the audience.
The lights in the conference room dimmed slightly, and a demonstration video began to play on the big screen, showing the actual application scenarios of this technology.
In order to help major companies better understand this technology, Chen Tong conducted a live demonstration.
He picked up a prototype equipped with optical screen fingerprint unlocking technology, tapped the screen lightly, and the screen lit up instantly.
Then he pressed his finger on the screen, triggering the highest brightness of the fingerprint area. The screen quickly captured the fingerprint information and completed the unlocking in less than a second.
The whole process was smooth and natural, just like magic. Representatives from various manufacturers in the audience stared at the screen intently, their faces full of surprise and expectation.
In the next ten minutes, Chen Tong explained in detail the principle of optical fingerprint unlocking.
He spoke at a moderate pace, with a hint of pride in his tone, as if he was announcing a groundbreaking breakthrough to the world.
“The basis of optical fingerprint unlocking is the OLED screen.” Chen Tong pointed to the schematic diagram on the large screen and continued, “Since the OLED screen uses a diode light-emitting material, the screen substrate is also transparent. This means that there are gaps between the pixels of the screen, although these gaps are difficult to detect with the naked eye.”
He paused and glanced at the people in the audience to make sure everyone was listening carefully.
“When entering a fingerprint, the screen brightness of the area where the finger is pressed will be adjusted to the highest level. The light from the screen shines on the finger, and through the principle of reflection, the fingerprint will eventually appear on the screen. At this time, the sensor under the screen will record the fingerprint, and unlocking will be achieved through subsequent comparison.”
Chen Tong’s explanation was easy to understand and the manufacturer representatives in the audience nodded one after another, obviously having a deeper understanding of this technology.
“Hua Teng Microelectronics has applied for a patent for optical screen fingerprint unlocking.” Chen Tong did not forget to add, with a hint of confidence in his tone, “The optical fingerprint unlocking we are currently developing has two different methods!”
After the company made a breakthrough in optical fingerprint unlocking, it immediately applied for a patent. It was not until the patent was approved that the technology was officially made public.
In the future, if other technology companies want to produce optical fingerprint modules, they will need to pay patent licensing fees to Huateng Microelectronics.
The optical fingerprint unlocking module demonstrated this time has two modes.
The first is a short-focus optical fingerprint module, which is smaller in size. Due to the short-focus input, the fingerprint reading speed is slow and the unlocking speed is also relatively slow.
The second type is a telephoto optical fingerprint module, which is larger in size, but its advantage is that the unlocking speed is extremely fast.
“Has your company already mass-produced the components for optical fingerprint unlocking modules?” a manufacturer representative in the audience couldn’t help but ask.
The new unlocking method impressed the manufacturers present. Yu Dazui even began to consider purchasing a large number of such components and planned to apply them to his products in the future.
The combination of optical fingerprint unlocking and OLED full screen will make the front of the phone more concise.
At the same time, there is no need to place the unlocking module on the back or side, thus ensuring the integrated design of the mobile phone.
“The company has not yet started mass production, but it may go into mass production in the future.” Chen Tong replied with a smile, “If there are domestic manufacturers willing to produce optical screen unlocking modules, our company would be very happy to license this patent.”
At present, the optical unlocking module produced by the company is still an engineering version and has not entered large-scale mass production.
Although mass production may be possible in the future, Chen Tong believes that it is more cost-effective to license technology and collect patent fees.
Although the components of the optical module are small, the internal structure is complex, including lens sensors, small chips for processing fingerprint data, screen sensor cables, etc.
These components are indeed not expensive, but they require a lot of time and effort to produce.
In addition, the price of the screen fingerprint unlocking module cannot be too high, which limits the profit margin.
Currently, the cost of a capacitive unlocking module is only 20 yuan, and the price of optical screen fingerprint unlocking must be controlled within a reasonable range.
The production of optical modules requires a lot of manpower and factory construction costs, and the profits are far less than screen panels and chips.
Therefore, the company’s best strategy is to license its patented technology to other companies for production and collect a patent fee.
After hearing that Chen Tong was willing to license patents, several companies began to get excited.
After the strategic meeting, these companies may immediately start cooperation with Huateng Microelectronics.
“The industrial chain is so complete. Except for the screen cover, Huateng Microelectronics has almost achieved a closed loop in the screen industry.” After listening to the technical introduction, several representatives gained a new understanding of Huateng Microelectronics.
Chen Tong, who was standing on the stage, heard the whispers from the audience and remained very calm.
Cover plate technology? Chen Tong also has it!
Chen Tong plans to officially put into production the tempered glass technology purchased from Xinchun Mall this year.
Once the company’s funds are in place, Chen Tong will immediately implement this technology.
Of course, this technology requires a new site selection and factory construction to establish a new company.
Tempered glass can not only be used for mobile phone screen panels, but also in many fields.
Therefore, the newly established tempered glass company does not have to be tied to Huateng Microelectronics.
After the technical explanation, the next step is the most important aspect for major manufacturers – financing and factory construction!
Huateng Microelectronics’s offer of 26% of its shares is extremely attractive to major manufacturers.
As the only company in China that can produce flexible OLED screens, Huateng Microelectronics is also the only domestic company that can compete with international manufacturers.
Over the years, major manufacturers have been more or less restricted by several major screen manufacturers. Now that there is such a top screen manufacturer in China, major manufacturers will naturally not miss the opportunity.
All major manufacturers had prepared their budgets before attending the conference. The blue and green manufacturers had the smallest budgets, each contributing NT$7.5 billion and taking 5% of the shares.
The Ju Factory was wealthy and prepared 15 billion to acquire a 10% stake.
Lei Jun and Rice Company originally prepared 21 billion and planned to purchase 16% of the shares.
But after discussions with other manufacturers, in order to stabilize the cooperative relationship, it finally took out 9 billion and purchased 6% of the shares.
In the end, the four major manufacturers reached in-depth cooperation with Huateng Microelectronics and jointly established a new subsidiary – Huateng United Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
Among them, Huateng Microelectronics holds 67% of the shares and actually controls the company. Rice Company holds 13%, Chrysanthemum Factory holds 10%, Blue Factory and Green Factory each hold 5%.
Taking into account the cooperation among five companies, the site of the new factory was not chosen in Xingcheng, Hubei Province, but in Yancheng, Hubei Province, which is close to Guangdong Province and adjacent to Xingcheng.
The transportation here is convenient and it is close to Xingcheng, Hu Province, which is an ideal location for the company to build a factory.
After the meeting, Chen Tong stood in front of the window, looking at the city skyline in the distance, his heart full of expectations for the future.
He knows that this is just the first step for Huateng Microelectronics to enter the global stage, and more challenges and opportunities are waiting for him to conquer.