IBM's New Patent Wants AI to Hunt Down the Hidden Defects Disrupting Its Quantum Computers
Quantum computers are plagued by tiny, unpredictable energy traps inside their hardware — and IBM wants a machine learning model to hunt…
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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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Meta's New Patent Teaches Its Smart Glasses to Stop Wasting Battery When You're Not Wearing Them
Meta is patenting a system that lets its smart glasses automatically dial their wireless radio up or down depending on whether you're…
Disney Patents a Way to Wirelessly Power Objects Inside Water
Disney has patented a system that beams electricity to objects sitting in water — no wires, no batteries to swap — which…
Samsung Patents a Two-Stage Braking System for Its Rolling Robots
Samsung's new patent teaches a robot to ease off its brakes mid-stop — cutting motor power once it's already coasting to a…
Samsung Patents a System That Dials Down Radio Power Based on Body Exposure
Every phone has a legal limit on how much radio energy it's allowed to push into your body — and Samsung is…
Qualcomm Patents a Self-Tuning Filter for GPS Signal Errors Caused by the Atmosphere
Every GPS fix you get has been quietly distorted by the ionosphere — the charged layer of atmosphere that bends and delays…
Qualcomm Patents a Battery-Aware System That Moves Audio Processing Off Your Headset
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system that lets a wireless audio device — think a headset or earbud — notice…
Dynamic RF Power Cuts Trigger When Body Proximity Is Detected
Your iPhone already lowers its radio power when it thinks your body is nearby — Apple's new patent makes that system far…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Cleans Up Distorted 5G Transmitter Signals
Every power amplifier in a 5G transmitter introduces distortion — and Samsung thinks a hybrid AI approach can correct it more precisely…
Apple Patents an App That Schedules EV Charging Around Energy Costs
Apple is filing patents in EV charging optimization — an area that puts it squarely in the middle of smart home energy…
Apple Patents an Energy Guidance System for Climate Control Accessories
Apple is patenting a way for a user device — think iPhone or HomePod — to act as a middleman between your…
Samsung Patents a Wireless Charger That Negotiates Voltage on Both Ends
Most wireless chargers accept whatever voltage the wall adapter feeds them and deal with the rest internally. Samsung's new patent describes a…
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