Samsung Patents a TV That Auto-Crops Short Videos to Fit a Split Screen
Samsung is working on a TV interface that plays multiple short-form video playlists side by side and silently fixes the moment a…
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Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Shoots Video and Detects Motion at the Same Time
Samsung has filed a patent for an image sensor that pairs a standard color-capturing pixel with a motion-detecting pixel inside every group,…
Samsung Patents a Foldable Phone That Shows You Where to Place It on a Wireless Charger
Wireless charging on a foldable phone is trickier than it sounds, the coil is only in one half of the device, and…
Sony Patent: Camera Pixels That Switch Between Image Capture and Motion Detection
Sony has filed a patent for a camera sensor where every single pixel can act either as a traditional image-grabber or as…
Samsung Patents a Layered Wiring Layout That Keeps Touchscreens Reading Your Taps Accurately
Every time a touchscreen misreads your tap, there's a good chance the culprit is where two sensing wires cross inside the panel.…
Apple Patents a Ceramic Cover Layer for Foldable Phone Screens
Ceramic is famously hard and brittle, the opposite of what you want in a phone that folds in half. Apple is working…
Samsung Patents a Way to Block Electrical Interference Inside Touchscreens
Every touchscreen hides a web of tiny wires routing signals from your fingertip to the processor, and those wires can pick up…
Samsung Patents a Fix That Stops Background Tasks From Making Screens Stutter
Every time your TV or phone freezes mid-animation, there's a good chance a background process is hogging a resource the display needs.…
Samsung Patents a Hinge That Keeps Both Foldable Screens Crease-Free and Aligned
Folding a phone sounds simple, but getting two separate display panels to bend without creasing or buckling requires a hinge that does…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Screen Device Where the Gap Between Two Displays Is the Feature
Samsung is exploring a device that sandwiches two screens together, then mechanically slides them apart or closer to change how the combined…
Sony's New Patent Cuts Projector Scanning to Only What the Image Needs
Sony has filed a patent for a projector that deliberately restricts its own scanning area, drawing images only within a sub-region of…
Sony Patents a Drone Arm That Locks Itself Open Automatically
Folding drone arms are a well-worn idea, but they have a quiet failure point: you have to remember to lock them before…
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