Samsung Display Patents a Dual Flip-Flop Timing Circuit for Display Gate Drivers
Deep inside every display panel is a circuit that tells each row of pixels when to turn on. Samsung Display has filed…
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Samsung Patents a Design That Keeps Stacked Memory Chips From Shifting Under Pressure
Samsung is patenting a specific physical layout for high bandwidth memory chips that places non-functional 'dummy' structures alongside the electrical contact points…
Samsung Display Patents a Screen Technology That Keeps Pixel Brightness More Stable
Samsung Display has filed a patent for a modified OLED pixel circuit that adds a second capacitor to help each pixel hold…
Samsung Patent Reveals Multiport Adapter That Prioritizes Laptop Power Over Accessories
Anyone who has plugged a USB-C hub into a laptop knows the frustration: add too many accessories and your laptop stops charging.…
IBM Patents a Way to Snap LiDAR Product Scans Into Virtual Factory Models
IBM wants to let factory managers walk through a virtual copy of their entire facility and pull up a detailed 3D scan…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Cuts Mobile Game Power Use Without Dropping Frames
Your phone burns through its battery partly because games keep working as hard as they can even when they don't need to.…
Qualcomm Patents an Image Upscaling Method That Keeps Edges from Going Blurry
When a graphics chip blows up a low-resolution image to fill a bigger screen, fine details tend to smear. Qualcomm's new patent…
Sony Patents a Light-Steering Trick to Get Cleaner Readings From Body Sensors
Getting accurate heart rate or blood oxygen readings from a wearable sensor is harder than it looks. One of the biggest enemies…
Sony Patent Links Visual Feature Data Directly to 3D Point Cloud Maps
Sony's semiconductor division is patenting a way to combine two things that usually live in separate systems: a 3D map of a…
Sony Patent Targets Dynamic Temperature-Based Sensor Error Correction Adjustment
Every image sensor gets noisier as it heats up, and Sony's latest patent attacks that problem at the chip level by dynamically…
Sony Patent Stacks Three Chips to Shrink Distance-Sensing Camera Designs
Sony has filed a patent for a distance sensor that squeezes three specialized chips into one compact stack, potentially making the kind…
Sony Patents a Video Player That Sets Its Own Memory From the Footage's Encoded Instructions
Every video decoder needs a holding area, called a buffer, to catch incoming data before it can display a picture. Sony's new…
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