Samsung Patents a Chip That Cuts Power Use by Slowing Down During Idle Memory Tasks
Every time your phone's memory chip is busy working through a command, the controller talking to it is still running at full…
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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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Google Patents a Split-Component Design to Make Wireless Charging More Efficient
Wireless charging pads often struggle when your phone isn't perfectly centered. Google has filed a patent describing a way to spread the…
Samsung Patents a Phone Antenna That Sends Two Radio Signals at Once
Your phone's metal frame already doubles as an antenna, but Samsung's new patent takes that further by making the frame and an…
Apple Patents a Fix for the Garbled Data Hidden Inside Wireless Charging
Every wireless charger is secretly running a two-way conversation between your phone and the charging pad, and that conversation can get garbled.…
Samsung Patents Per-Zone Portrait Blur That Treats Foreground and Background Differently
Portrait mode on most phones applies one blur recipe to everything behind your subject. Samsung is filing for a system that treats…
Samsung Patents a Way to Merge Camera Frames Without Ever Fully Decoding Them
Every time your phone takes a burst of photos and merges them into one sharp image, it has to decode each raw…
Samsung Patents a Stepwise Power-Down System for Display Chips
Every time your phone's screen sits still, its display chip keeps running at full tilt -- wasting power. Samsung's new patent describes…
Samsung Patents a Fix for Mismatched Brightness Across Foldable Phone Screens
Foldable phones have a subtle problem most people notice but can't name: the two halves of the screen can look like they're…
Apple Patents a Central System That Keeps Inactive Components Informed and Current
Every time a chip inside your phone wakes up from a power-saving sleep, it has to figure out what it missed. Apple's…
Qualcomm Patents a Chip That Checks Its Own Memory While It's Idle
Your phone's chip sits idle for tiny fractions of every second. Qualcomm's new patent wants to use those quiet moments to check…
Samsung Patents a Foldable Phone That Switches Apps Based on How Far You Open It
What if opening your foldable phone a little wider could automatically pull up a notification and act on it, no tapping required?…
Samsung Patents a Four-Magnet System to Keep Its Triple-Fold Phone Panels Aligned
Folding phones already have a closure problem, and triple-fold phones have three times as many ways to get it wrong. Samsung's latest…
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