Samsung Patents a Chip That Works Harder to Fix Weak Cellular Signals
Samsung's latest patent describes a modem chip that measures the quality of the wireless signal it's receiving and then decides how much…
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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 Three-Panel Foldable Phone That Bends at Two Points
Samsung is filing patents for a device that folds not once, but twice, using three separate panels that get progressively narrower as…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Turns Off Spare Antennas to Save Battery
Your phone is almost certainly running more antennas than it needs right now, and that extra radio hardware drains your battery. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a Screen Sensor Layout That Avoids the Display's Own Wiring
Hiding sensors behind a phone screen sounds simple, but the screen's own internal wiring can block or distort the signals those sensors…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Stabilizes Shots by Moving Only Half Its Lenses
Samsung is rethinking how a phone camera fights blur by splitting its lens stack in two, moving only part of it when…
Samsung Patents a Camera Fix That Corrects Uneven Brightness When the Lens Moves
Every smartphone camera has a hidden calibration table that corrects uneven brightness across the frame — but that table assumes the lens…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Camera System for Reconstructing Richer Photo Colors
Every digital photo you take is actually missing most of its color data — your phone's sensor guesses the rest. Samsung's new…
Samsung Display Patents Screen Coating That Cuts Glare Without Leaving Fingerprint Smears
Glare on screens is one of those problems that sounds trivial until you're squinting at your phone outside on a sunny day.…
Samsung Patents a Phone-Guided Way to Pair Nearby Sensors with IoT Devices
Setting up a smart home often means manually telling your phone which sensors belong to which device — a process that's tedious…
Samsung Patents a Smartwatch Sensor That Doubles as a Wireless Signal Booster
The tiny electrode on the back of your smartwatch that reads your heart rate might soon be doing a second job: helping…
Samsung Patents a Screen That Reads the Room's Lighting Before Adjusting Its Color
Your phone's screen already dims in a dark room, but it can't tell whether the light around you is a warm incandescent…
Samsung Patents a Payment System That Confirms You Are Close Enough to Pay
Your phone already handles contactless payments, but Samsung wants to add a layer that verifies you're physically standing at the right register…
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