Tesla Patents a Perforated Glass Window That Absorbs Road Noise
Tesla is experimenting with car windows that have tiny holes punched into the inner glass layer, using the gap between layers to…
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Screens are Big Tech's favorite battleground: folding panels, pixel circuits, brightness tricks, and the seams where two displays meet. We read every display filing and translate it into plain English.
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342 totalScreens are Big Tech's favorite battleground: folding panels, pixel circuits, brightness tricks, and the seams where two displays meet. We read every display filing and translate it into plain English.
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Google Patent Filing Targets Memory Efficiency in Lens Distortion Correction Systems
Every time your phone straightens a fisheye photo or corrects the curved edges from a wide-angle lens, it's doing a surprising amount…
Samsung's New Patent Lets a Stylus and Your Finger Share the Same Screen Layer
Samsung Display has filed a patent for a screen that can simultaneously track your finger and a magnetic stylus without needing two…
Sony's New Patent Hides the Seams Between Panels in Giant Video Walls
Tiling multiple display panels together almost always leaves a visible seam. Sony's latest patent describes a way to offset those panels so…
Samsung Patents a TV That Decides What to Send a Second Screen When Wi-Fi Slows Down
When your home network gets congested, Samsung's patented display system doesn't just drop quality uniformly. Instead, it decides on the fly whether…
Samsung's New Patent Fixes the Tiny Circuits That Keep Screen Pixels at the Wrong Brightness
Every pixel on your phone screen is controlled by a tiny circuit, and Samsung Display just filed a patent for a new…
Samsung Patent: Hidden Sensors Reposition Automatically When Display Bezel Is Swapped
Samsung is working on a display where the sensors inside physically move on their own when you attach or remove the frame…
Samsung Patents a Display Upgrade That Spreads Brightness Signals to Cut Screen Flicker
Screen flicker is one of those problems most people don't consciously notice until it gives them a headache. Samsung's latest patent targets…
Samsung Patent Introduces Layered Electrode Design to Separate Pen and Touch Sensing
Samsung Display is rethinking how a screen tells your fingertip apart from your stylus pen, and it wants to do it without…
Samsung Patents a Two-Step Check to Stop Foldable Phones From Misreading Their Own Position
Foldable phones use magnets to know whether they're open or closed, but magnets can be fooled by nearby metal objects or cases.…
Samsung Patents a Way to Route Electrical Wiring Through a Foldable Phone's Display Backing
Foldable phones have a wiring problem: every time you bend the device, cables crossing that hinge take a beating. Samsung's latest patent…
Samsung Patents a Camera Design That Captures More Detail in Low Light
Samsung has filed a patent for a specific internal arrangement of image sensor pixels, detailing how four tiny sub-pixels are grouped, separated,…
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