Qualcomm Patents a Display Tool That Shifts Colors Into Range for Color-Blind Users
About 300 million people worldwide have some form of color vision deficiency, and most displays do nothing about it. Qualcomm's new patent…
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Sony Patents a Projector That Automatically Blocks Unwanted Duplicate Images From Appearing
When you bend light to create a holographic image, physics tends to produce unwanted duplicate images as a side effect. Sony's new…
Samsung Patents a Projector Robot You Control by Moving Your Foot
Samsung is working on a device that projects a menu onto your floor and watches your feet to figure out what you…
Apple Patent Reveals One-Piece Metal Shell That Could Reshape Future iPhones
Apple has filed a patent describing an iPhone where the back panel and both side walls are formed from a single, continuous…
Samsung Patents an Automated System for Spotting Defects in Product Images
Every time Samsung makes a chip or a display panel, someone (or something) has to check whether it came out perfect. This…
Samsung Display Patents a Machine That Feeds Glass Continuously Into Protective Resin Film
Making flexible glass for phones and foldables is painstaking work. Samsung Display has filed a patent for a machine that automates the…
Apple Patent Shows Camera Module Mounted Directly Within the Rear Cover
Apple is patenting a phone back cover that does double duty: the glass or plastic panel itself forms the raised camera housing,…
Samsung Patents a TV That Tells Its Source Box What to Stream Next During Split-Screen
Split-screen TV sounds simple, but keeping two or more video feeds smooth at the same time is a juggling act. Samsung's latest…
Apple Patents Screen Touch Detection That Keeps Working When Water Gets On It
Touchscreens and water have never gotten along well. Apple is working on a fix built directly into the display's light sensors.
Google Patents a Way to Run Touch Sensors Across a Display's Full Edge-to-Edge Surface
Modern phone screens still can't quite reach the very edge of the glass because the electronics that drive the pixels get in…
Google Patents a Fingerprint Scanner That Fixes Blurry Scans Caused by Moving Your Finger
You press your thumb on your phone's screen a little too fast, and it fails to recognize you. Google is patenting a…
Microsoft Patents a Laptop Hinge Whose Pivot Point Moves as You Open It
Most laptop hinges rotate around a fixed point. Microsoft is patenting one where the pivot itself slides as you open the screen,…
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