By WANG MINGJIE in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-06 09:55 Share CLOSE Chinese inventors He Yi (left) and Pi Bo have been nominated for the European Inventor Award 2021 for their work in developing the world's first pulse-detecting fingerprint sensor. [Photo provided to China Daily] Technology hailed as 'industry-leading' contributes to security of smartphones Two Chinese inventors have been announced as finalists in the European Inventor Award 2021, for their combined hardware and software for live fingerprint verification, according to the European Patent Office, or EPO. He Yi and Pi Bo were nominated on Tuesday for developing the world's first fingerprint sensor that can check both a fingerprint's pattern and the presence of a heart rate and blood fl ow.