Samsung Patent Reveals Multiport Adapter That Prioritizes Laptop Power Over Accessories
Anyone who has plugged a USB-C hub into a laptop knows the frustration: add too many accessories and your laptop stops charging.…
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Battery & power patents
Charging, power delivery, and squeezing more life out of every cell. Power rarely makes headlines, but these filings decide how long everything else runs.
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Qualcomm Patents a System That Cuts Mobile Game Power Use Without Dropping Frames
Your phone burns through its battery partly because games keep working as hard as they can even when they don't need to.…
Google Splits AI Noise Cancellation Between Earbuds and Phone in New Patent
Your earbuds don't have enough computing power to fully clean up your audio on their own. Google's latest patent describes a way…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Reads Battery Health From the Inside
Your phone's battery percentage tells you how much charge is left, but it says almost nothing about how worn out the battery…
Sony Patent Embeds Solar Cells Into Game Controllers to Eliminate Batteries
Sony is exploring a game controller that charges itself using light, no cable required. The patent describes solar cells built directly into…
Apple Patents a System Where AirPods Announce Themselves From Their Charging Case
Apple's latest patent describes a surprisingly simple idea: when you put your wireless earbuds into their charging case, the case tells them…
ATI Technologies Patents a Way to Cut Wasted Ray Tracing Tests in 3D Scenes
Ray tracing makes 3D graphics look stunning, but it can waste enormous processing power testing light rays against boxes that don't really…
New Apple Patent Detects Safe vs Dangerous Metal Heating in Wireless Charging
Every wireless charger loses some energy to heat in nearby metal, and that's normal. The hard part is telling that normal heat…
IBM Patents a Wearable That Charges Itself from Sunlight, Body Heat, or Motion
IBM has filed a patent for a wearable device that never needs to be plugged in, at least in theory. It charges…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Turns Off Spare Antennas to Save Battery
Your phone is almost certainly running more antennas than it needs right now, and that extra radio hardware drains your battery. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents an Air Conditioner That Shuts Off When the Room Is Empty
Your air conditioner has no idea whether you're actually in the room. Samsung wants to fix that with a built-in occupancy sensor…
Samsung Files Patent for a Battery Built to Bend Around Your Device
Most batteries are rectangular bricks — but Samsung is patenting one with a curved cross-section, designed to wrap more naturally inside devices…
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