Samsung Patents a Robot Hand Where Each Finger Moves Itself Into Position
Most robot hands treat their fingers as fixed in place — they bend and grip, but they can't reposition the way a…
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Samsung Patents a Screen That Reads the Room's Lighting Before Adjusting Its Color
Your phone's screen already dims in a dark room, but it can't tell whether the light around you is a warm incandescent…
Samsung Patents a Color Boost for Bright Screens That Keeps Hues Accurate
Boosting the color richness of HDR video sounds simple — but crank the saturation too far and skin tones turn orange, skies…
Samsung Patents a Payment System That Confirms You Are Close Enough to Pay
Your phone already handles contactless payments, but Samsung wants to add a layer that verifies you're physically standing at the right register…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Replaces Curved Lenses with Nano-Scale Prisms
Samsung is designing an image sensor that ditches the tiny curved glass lenses sitting over your camera's pixels and replaces them with…
Samsung Patents a Display That Dims Itself Before It Overheats
Samsung is patenting a display that watches its own temperature in real time and quietly pulls back brightness before a screen module…
Samsung Patents a Multi-Layer Circuit Board Design for Measuring Wireless Signal Power
Inside every phone that sends a wireless signal, something has to keep tabs on how much power is actually going out. Samsung's…
Samsung Files Patent for a Battery Built to Bend Around Your Device
Most batteries are rectangular bricks — but Samsung is patenting one with a curved cross-section, designed to wrap more naturally inside devices…
Samsung Patents a Microscopic Surface Structure That Cools Devices Without Using Any Power
Samsung is exploring a way to cool — or heat — a device without a fan, a pump, or a single watt…
Samsung Patents a Home Robot That Can Read and Control Your Screens
Samsung is patenting a robot that doesn't just wander around your home — it can look at a TV, phone, or other…
Samsung Patents a Display That Renders Only Where Your Eyes Are Looking
Your eyes can only focus sharply on a small patch of whatever you're looking at — everything else is peripheral blur. Samsung…
Samsung Patents a Clothes Cabinet That Can Spot-Clean Garments on the Hanger
Samsung is working on a clothes care cabinet that doesn't just steam and refresh your garments — it can also scrub out…
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