Samsung Patents a Speaker Built Into a Sliding Phone's Inner Rail
Samsung is exploring a way to fit a speaker directly inside the structural rail that lets a phone's screen slide open, freeing…
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Samsung Patents a Display That Adjusts Power Voltage Region by Region
Samsung is patenting a display technique that feeds different power levels to different parts of the screen at the same time, then…
Samsung Patents a Foldable Phone That Tucks Its Antenna Inside the Hinge
Samsung may have found a clever place to hide a phone's antenna: right inside the hinge that lets the screen fold in…
Samsung Patents a Noise-Blocking Layer That Makes Touchscreens More Accurate
Every touchscreen is fighting a small war between the display underneath it and the sensors trying to detect your finger on top,…
Sony Patents a Display That Skips Color Accuracy Steps to Refresh Faster
Sony has patented a method that makes its self-lit screens refresh faster by skipping some fine-tuning steps on parts of each image,…
Sony Patents a Self-Powered Device That Captures and Displays Images
Sony has filed a patent for an electronic device that runs its camera and screen entirely on power it generates itself, with…
Samsung Patents a Display That Hides Personal Info in 3D Depth
Samsung is working on a screen that automatically spots sensitive information on your phone and warps it into a 3D effect that…
Samsung Patents a Camera Chip That Stores Light Data Differently Across Each Shot
Samsung has filed a patent for an image sensor that uses two structurally different capacitors side by side, letting each pixel store…
Samsung Patents a Shaped Ink-Spreading Blade for Cleaner Display Edges
The bezel around your phone screen is painted on with an ink-printing process, and getting that ink to sit perfectly where a…
Samsung Patents a Camera Sensor That Handles Bright and Dark Areas Simultaneously
Samsung has patented a camera sensor pixel with two separate electrical pathways for moving charge off a light-catching element, a design that…
Sony Patents a Way to Keep Holograms Sharp at Any Depth
Holograms look amazing in movies, but real ones fall apart the moment you try to project them at different depths. Sony's new…
Nvidia Patents a Technique That Cuts Delay When Cameras Process Video
Nvidia wants the chip that processes your camera footage to start working before an entire frame has even arrived, cutting the delay…
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