Samsung Patents a Way to Keep Important Objects Visible at Screen Edges
When a photo or video frame cuts off something important at the edge of the screen, you lose context. Samsung's new patent…
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Samsung Patents Smart Glasses With Two Displays That Slide to Fit Your Eyes
Samsung is working on a wearable device with two separate screens that can physically move closer together or farther apart — potentially…
Samsung Patents a Graphics Chip That Sharpens Its Own Image Quality on Demand
Samsung has patented a GPU technique that can automatically detect when a graphics calculation is about to get complicated — and quietly…
Samsung Patents a Nano-Optical Lens Layer to Sharpen Future Camera Sensors
Samsung is patenting a new way to build image sensors that uses microscopic structures — smaller than the width of a human…
Samsung Patents an AI That Figures Out How to Unstick a Frozen Robot
Robots get stuck. A robot arm might freeze mid-task with no obvious way forward — and without human help, it just stays…
Samsung Patents Technology That Compresses Video Based on Screen Resolution
Most video compression treats all content the same — Samsung's new patent wants the encoder to look at an image at multiple…
Samsung Patents a Two-Layer Shield for Stacked Camera Sensor Chips
Modern smartphone camera sensors are built from multiple chips stacked on top of each other — and the tiny electrical pins connecting…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Storage Camera Design That Captures More Light in Less Space
Samsung is patenting a way to wire two capacitors in an image sensor together using a single shared vertical connector — a…
IBM Patents a Smart Alarm System That Identifies Burning Materials Before Alerting You
Most smoke alarms just scream when they detect smoke. IBM's new patent describes a system that first figures out what's on fire…
Qualcomm Patents AR Glasses That Show Other People Where You're Looking
One of the stranger problems with AR and VR headsets is that they hide your eyes — making you look like a…
Qualcomm Patents an AI System That Manages 5G Chip Memory on the Fly
Your phone's 5G modem constantly juggles memory to handle dropped packets and incoming data — and Qualcomm thinks a generative AI model…
Qualcomm Patents a Fix for the Flicker That Ruins High-Contrast Phone Photos
HDR photos look great in theory — but artificial lighting can sneak in a subtle flicker that makes merged shots look patchy…
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