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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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 Patents a Glass-Cutting Method That Kills Edge Moiré on Displays
That subtle rippling or grid-like distortion you sometimes see at the edge of a phone screen? Samsung thinks the fix is in…
Samsung Patents a No-Reset Method for Switching Wearables Between Phones
Switching your Galaxy Watch from one phone to another usually means a factory reset — wiping your settings and starting over. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a Flexible Display Control System for Its Slidable Phone
When a phone's screen physically slides out from its housing, the edge where hidden meets visible is a potential visual disaster —…
Samsung Patents a Modular Camera Stack That Chains Units Together on One Board
Samsung is rethinking how multiple camera modules wire into a phone — instead of each camera running its own cable to the…
Samsung Patents a Space-Saving Internal Layout for Foldable Phones
Foldable phones have a space problem — you're cramming a dual-display device into a body that needs to fold in half. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a Layered Hinge Design for Foldable Phones
The hinge is the most mechanically stressed part of any foldable phone — and Samsung is patenting a subtle but specific fix…
Samsung Patents a Foldable Cover Display That Reads Content From Its Own Case
Samsung is patenting a foldable phone that detects when you snap on a case — then pulls content data directly from that…
Samsung Patents a Pocket-Detection System for Foldable Phones
Samsung is filing patents to solve one of the most mundane-but-maddening problems with foldable phones: the screen you can still see on…
Qualcomm Patents a Context-Aware Screen Time Monitor That Weighs Your Environment
Your phone already tracks how long you stare at a screen — but Qualcomm is filing patents for a system that also…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Stops Updating Your Watch When Its Screen Goes Dark
When you're listening to music through earbuds and your smartwatch screen is off, why should your phone keep sending playback updates to…
Qualcomm Patents Zoom-Aware Rectification for Stereo Camera Pairs
When you zoom in on a dual-camera phone, the stereo math that powers depth sensing quietly breaks — Qualcomm's new patent is…
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