Samsung Patents a Chip That Loads the Next Filter While the Current Image Renders
Every time your phone processes a photo or video frame, the chip has to fetch the math instructions it needs before it…
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Cell phone patents
Filings where the phone itself is the target: folding bodies, antennas hidden in the frame, cameras, charging, and screens built for pockets. Most also appear under their component type; this page gathers everything phone-bound in one place.
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Samsung Patent Tweaks Display Color and Brightness to Improve Fingerprint Recognition
Samsung is patenting a way to make your phone's screen actively help its fingerprint sensor by shifting the brightness and color of…
Samsung Patents a Camera Placement System for Phones That Fold Twice
Samsung is solving one of the hardest puzzles in foldable phone design: where do you put a front-facing camera when your screen…
Sony Patents a Guide That Pinpoints Exactly What Is Draining Your Battery
Sony is patenting a step-by-step on-screen guide that tells you exactly which app or habit is hurting your phone battery, why it's…
Apple Patents a Chip That Frees Stuck Memory Automatically When Apps Stall
When your phone's processor runs dozens of tasks at once, it can run out of the small memory slots each task needs,…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Stops AI Apps From Overheating Your Phone
Running multiple AI models on a phone at the same time generates serious heat. Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system…
Samsung Patents Tiny Glass Cuts That Stop Foldable Phone Screens From Cracking
Cracking glass is the nemesis of every foldable phone, and Samsung's answer is to engineer tiny, precisely sized gaps right into the…
Qualcomm Patents a Screen That Moves Buttons Out of the Way When You Fold It
Foldable phones are a hardware story that software keeps failing to finish. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system that automatically rearranges the…
Samsung Patent Shows Three-Panel Phone That Automatically Rearranges Apps When Unfolded
Samsung is thinking carefully about one deceptively hard problem with foldable phones: what happens to your apps when you unfold the thing?…
Samsung Patents Technology That Keeps 3D Scene Measurements Sharp During Fast Motion
Phones that understand depth in video have a dirty secret: the depth information is really only calculated for individual still frames, leaving…
Qualcomm Patents a Fix for Out-of-Sync Video When Using Wireless Earbuds
Every wireless earbud adds its own tiny processing delay before you hear a sound, and that gap is exactly why lips on…
Samsung Patents Technology That Catches Data Errors Inside Storage Chips Automatically
Your phone's storage chip has to trust that its own internal wiring is working perfectly, and right now there's no easy way…
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