Samsung's New Patent Rethinks What's Inside a Foldable Screen to Help It Last Longer
Samsung Display is patenting a way to slot a specially chosen material directly into the cushion layer beneath a display panel —…
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Samsung Patents a Single Sensor That Checks Three Chip Health Signs at Once
Keeping a chip running accurately requires checking several things at once — timing wobble, manufacturing consistency, and signal shape — and Samsung…
Samsung's New Patent Fixes the Mismatched Tiles on Giant LED Video Walls
Ever noticed how a big LED video wall sometimes looks like it was assembled from mismatched parts — some tiles brighter, some…
Samsung's New Patent Hides a Guide Layer Inside Displays to Land Each Pixel Perfectly
Getting a microscopic light-emitting chip to land in exactly the right spot on a display panel is one of the hardest manufacturing…
Samsung Display Patents a Way to Stack Electrodes Inside Each Pixel for More Stable Screens
Samsung Display is patenting a way to stack multiple electrodes inside a single pixel, with protective and insulating layers sandwiched between them…
Samsung's Latest Patent Shows How a Phone Screen Can Be Rigid and Flexible at Once
Samsung is working on a phone that folds twice — not once — and the most interesting part isn't the extra fold.…
Meta's New Patent Wants to Replace Bluetooth by Routing Signals Through Your Skin
Instead of beaming data over Bluetooth, Meta wants its wearables to talk to each other through your body — using your skin…
Meta's New Patent Teaches Its Smart Glasses to Stop Wasting Battery When You're Not Wearing Them
Meta is patenting a system that lets its smart glasses automatically dial their wireless radio up or down depending on whether you're…
Microsoft's New Patent Switches Its Camera's AI Off When Your Battery Needs a Break
Your laptop's camera could take better photos when the device has headroom to spare — and fall back to a faster, cheaper…
Microsoft's New Patent Replaces AI Chips with Beams of Light
Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that performs AI calculations using grids of laser light rather than electrical circuits —…
Google's New Patent Hides Smart Glasses Wiring Inside the Lens Itself
Google has a patent for smart glasses that ditch the internal wires running through the frame — and instead route electrical signals…
Google's New Patent Stops Your Smartwatch from Getting a Bad Heart Rate Reading Mid-Run
Every time you check your heart rate mid-run, your smartwatch is fighting against the jostling of your own body. Google's new patent…
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