Samsung Patents a Charging System That Pauses Individual Batteries to Cut Heat
Your phone running a game while plugged in is basically a hand-warmer. Samsung's new patent tries to fix that by intelligently pausing…
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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 Foldable Phone Display That Also Works as an Antenna
Samsung wants to stop wasting space on a dedicated antenna strip by turning a conductive layer already built into the flexible display…
Samsung Patents a Way to Charge One Device From Two Power Sources Simultaneously
What if your phone or laptop could pull power from two chargers at once and automatically split the load between them? That's…
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 Patents a Multi-Antenna Method for Precise Device Distance Measurement
Your phone already knows roughly where it is, but knowing exactly how far it is from another device, down to centimeters, is…
Apple Patents a System to Sort Nearby Device Signals Before Your Phone Responds
Every time your iPhone is near an AirTag, a set of AirPods, or a competitor's Bluetooth tracker, it silently picks up tiny…
Samsung Patents a Switchable Satellite Antenna Built Into a Phone's Metal Frame
Samsung is figuring out how to hide a satellite antenna inside the metal rim of a phone, using a small switch to…
Sony Patents a Chip That Captures Sharp Photos and Distance Data Simultaneously
Most phone cameras need separate hardware to figure out how far away things are. Sony's latest patent describes a single stacked sensor…
Samsung Patents Technology That Trims Phone Battery Drain by Slowing Unused Screen Sections
Your phone's screen doesn't redraw everything at the same speed all the time, and Samsung wants to get much more surgical about…
Samsung's New Patent Solves the Antenna Problem Inside a Phone That Folds Twice
Fold a phone in thirds and you've got a new problem nobody talks about: where do you put the antenna when the…
Google's New Patent Splits the Camera Frame So Every Corner Stays Sharp
Your phone's camera treats the entire frame as one focus problem. Google's new patent wants to split that frame into many smaller…
Samsung Patents a Fix for the Weak Spot Where Phone Screens Crack at the Cable
Flexible screens are only as good as the fragile ribbon cables connecting them to the rest of the phone. Samsung Display is…
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