Samsung Patents Technology That Keeps Moving Images Sharp Across Every Color Layer
Every time a video plays on your phone, a decoder is racing to reconstruct millions of color blocks per second. Samsung's latest…
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Display patents
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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Samsung Patents a Tighter Hinge Mechanism for Its Foldable Phones
Folding phones live and die by their hinges, and Samsung is filing patents to make sure its version holds up. This one…
Samsung Patents a Camera Chip That Captures Sharp Detail in Bright and Dark Areas Simultaneously
Taking a photo in a room where sunlight pours through a window while everything else is in shadow is one of the…
Sony Patents a System to Tell Any Screen How to Display Vivid, High-Contrast Video
Getting HDR video to look right on any screen is harder than it sounds. Sony is patenting a method that bakes the…
Patent: New Pixel Design Prevents Washed-Out Photos Without Extra Processing Steps
Getting a camera sensor's pixels smaller without wrecking image quality is one of the hardest problems in consumer electronics. Sony's latest patent…
Sony Patent Aims to Conceal the Visible Grid in Glasses-Free 3D Displays
Glasses-free 3D screens have always had a hidden flaw: the physical grid that creates the 3D effect is often visible to the…
ATI Technologies Patents a Way to Run Motion-Blur Calculations in Reverse
When a GPU renders a fast-moving scene, it tracks how pixels moved forward in time. ATI Technologies is patenting a method to…
ATI Technologies Patents a Display System That Dims Each Screen Zone Separately
Most screens light up as one big slab, even when three-quarters of the image is pitch black. ATI Technologies has filed a…
Apple Patents a Curved Glass Cover That's Tougher on Both Sides Differently
Apple is working on a way to chemically treat curved glass covers so that the inside and outside surfaces are hardened in…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Glass Screen Cover Designed to Bend Without Breaking
Glass and folding have never been a comfortable pairing, but Samsung is filing patents for a screen cover that layers two sheets…
Patent: Drone Cameras Now Self-Correct Alignment Using a Guided Phone Screen
Calibrating a drone camera today usually means squinting at a laptop, running software, and hoping for the best. Sony's new patent wants…
Samsung Patent Targets Uniform Cover Thickness Across Foldable Screen Bend Points
The crease you can feel on today's foldable phones is one of the biggest complaints buyers have. Samsung is patenting a cover…
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