Qualcomm Patents a Display Chip That Leaves Unchanged Screen Areas Alone
Your phone redraws every pixel on screen dozens of times per second, even the parts that never change. Qualcomm has filed a…
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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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Tesla Patents a Motorized Mechanism That Lifts Dashboard Screens Without Scratching Them
Tesla has patented a system that raises a touchscreen out of a car's dashboard using two arms moving at intentionally different speeds,…
Samsung Patents a Way to Route Screen-Drawing Work to Its Fastest Chips Automatically
Samsung has filed a patent for a system that watches what your phone's apps are doing and automatically moves screen-drawing work to…
Apple Patents a Way to Show What Your Wearable Device Is Covering Up
When you strap a device to your wrist or hand, it hides the very thing it might need to show you. Apple's…
Apple Patents a Display System That Grabs the Sharpest Frame Piece Available
When your phone's display processor is racing to keep up, Apple wants a backup plan: a second image buffer standing by to…
Apple Patents a Tool That Adjusts Screens to Match Hospital Display Requirements
A radiologist's diagnosis can only be as good as what they see on their screen. Apple has filed a patent for software…
Samsung Patents a Phone Frame With a Hidden Slot That Acts as an Antenna
Samsung has filed a patent describing a way to build an antenna directly into the structural frame of a phone, tucked out…
IBM Patents a Way to Stack Multiple Data Records Into One Memory Slot
IBM has filed a patent for a memory technique that folds many separate data records into a single compressed structure, then pulls…
Samsung Patents a Foldable Phone Antenna That Stays Active When the Phone Is Shut
Folding phones face a stubborn physics problem: fold the device shut and the two metal housings can block or fight each other's…
Samsung Patents a Fix That Keeps Your Charging Screen Active During Wireless Power Pauses
Every wireless charger briefly cuts power in certain situations, and when that happens your phone's charging indicator can vanish, leaving you wondering…
Samsung Patents a Way to Turn a Foldable Phone's Metal Frame Into Its Own Antenna
Foldable phones have a tricky antenna problem: folding the device in half can put two metal frames right on top of each…
Samsung Patents a Hinge That Cradles the Flexible Screen as the Phone Folds
The most vulnerable moment for any foldable phone is the fold itself. Samsung's latest patent filing describes a hinge that physically makes…
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