Apple Patent Shows Camera Module Mounted Directly Within the Rear Cover
Apple is patenting a phone back cover that does double duty: the glass or plastic panel itself forms the raised camera housing,…
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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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Apple Patents a Battery Case Design With Reinforced Side Walls
Apple is rethinking the metal box that holds your phone's battery cells, making the sides thicker than the top and bottom plates…
Google Patents a Way to Run Touch Sensors Across a Display's Full Edge-to-Edge Surface
Modern phone screens still can't quite reach the very edge of the glass because the electronics that drive the pixels get in…
Google Patents a Fingerprint Scanner That Fixes Blurry Scans Caused by Moving Your Finger
You press your thumb on your phone's screen a little too fast, and it fails to recognize you. Google is patenting a…
Samsung Patents a System That Passes Your Voice Commands to a More Capable Nearby Device
Your earbuds are paired to your phone, but you just asked something your phone can't handle. Samsung's new patent describes a system…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Blends Old Photos With Live Shots
Samsung is patenting a way for your phone camera to blend a photo already sitting in your gallery with a brand-new live…
Samsung Patents a Lost-Device Finder That Points You There With Your Camera
Samsung is working on a way to find a lost gadget by pointing your phone's camera around the room until an on-screen…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Reframes Your Shot When Someone Walks In
You're photographing one person, a second friend walks into frame, and your phone zooms out and reframes the shot to include both.…
Samsung Patents Technology That Switches Wireless Payment Connections to the Clearest Signal Automatically
Tapping your phone to pay only to have it fail is one of those small frustrations that adds up fast. Samsung's latest…
Samsung Patents a System That Tracks Battery Wear and Adjusts Every Charge
Every time you plug in your Samsung phone, its battery ages a little. This patent describes a system that notices that aging…
Samsung Patent Targets Static Electricity Damage in Foldable Display Screens
Foldable phones have a hidden weak spot where the display bends around the frame, and static electricity can fry that edge. Samsung…
Samsung Patents a Camera Design That Folds Light to Slim Down Zoom Lenses
Getting a powerful zoom lens into a thin smartphone requires some optical gymnastics. Samsung's latest patent defines the exact geometric rules for…
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