Samsung Patents a Flexible Display Control System for Its Slidable Phone
When a phone's screen physically slides out from its housing, the edge where hidden meets visible is a potential visual disaster —…
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Samsung Patents a Display That Blends Two Viewing Angles with a Dimmed Transition Zone
Samsung is filing patents for a screen that can show different content to different viewers — and it's figured out how to…
Samsung Patents an Error-Detecting Charging System for Cordless Vacuums
Samsung is patenting a vacuum cleaner that watches its own charging process in real time — comparing voltages at both ends of…
Apple Patents a Differential Drive Touch Panel to Cut Noise
Touch screens have a noise problem — and Apple thinks the fix is sending two opposing signals at once, then listening for…
Samsung Patents an Air Gap Heat Shield for Wearable Devices
Anyone who's worn a smartwatch during a long workout knows the uncomfortable warmth that builds up on your wrist. Samsung is patenting…
Samsung Patents a Modular Camera Stack That Chains Units Together on One Board
Samsung is rethinking how multiple camera modules wire into a phone — instead of each camera running its own cable to the…
Samsung Patents a Context-Aware Camera That Shifts Frame Rates While Moving
Samsung is patenting a system that lets a moving device — think a robot, a drone, or an autonomous vehicle — automatically…
Samsung Patents a Space-Saving Internal Layout for Foldable Phones
Foldable phones have a space problem — you're cramming a dual-display device into a body that needs to fold in half. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a Display That Pops 2D Content into 3D as You Scroll
Samsung is patenting a system where scrolling a piece of content into a specific zone on your screen is all it takes…
Samsung Patents a Layered Hinge Design for Foldable Phones
The hinge is the most mechanically stressed part of any foldable phone — and Samsung is patenting a subtle but specific fix…
Samsung Patents a Layered AI System for Precise Robot Motion Control
Teaching a robot to 'clean the table' is easy to say and brutally hard to execute — Samsung's new patent tackles that…
Samsung Patents a Curved Display That Shrinks Pixels at the Bend
Samsung is patenting a display architecture that deliberately uses smaller pixels in the curved regions of a screen — a structural fix…
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