Apple Patents a Hinge That Keeps a Foldable Phone Folding Smoothly
Apple's latest patent digs deep into the mechanical guts of a foldable device hinge — describing a multi-axis roller system with interlocking…
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Nvidia Patents an API That Kicks Off Matrix Math Before the Data Fully Arrives
Nvidia is patenting a way to let its processors start crunching matrix math before all the input data has even finished loading…
Amazon Patents a Way to Shrink AI Tensor Data Before It Hits Memory
Every time a neural network passes data between layers, it has to write that data to memory — and memory bandwidth is…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Catches GPU Rendering Errors Before They Reach Your Screen
What if your GPU could catch its own mistakes before you ever see a corrupted frame? Samsung is patenting a pipeline that…
Samsung Patents a Display That Shows 2D and 3D Views of Content at the Same Time
Samsung is patenting a screen that can display both a flat 2D image and a glasses-free 3D version of the exact same…
Samsung Patents a Display That Speeds Up While It Rolls Out
When a rollable phone physically extends its screen, the display is doing something genuinely unusual — and Samsung has a specific plan…
Samsung Patents a Two-Stage Braking System for Its Rolling Robots
Samsung's new patent teaches a robot to ease off its brakes mid-stop — cutting motor power once it's already coasting to a…
Samsung Patents a Display That Refreshes Differently Based on Network State
Samsung is patenting a system where a display's image update speed is directly tied to whether the device's radio is on or…
Samsung Patents an Antenna System Built Into Its Sliding-Screen Phone Frame
Sliding-screen phones are a nightmare for antenna engineers — the frame physically changes shape as you extend the display. Samsung's new patent…
Samsung Patents a Depth-Map System That Sharpens How Images Appear on Display
Samsung is patenting a way to make images look better on-screen by figuring out which objects in a scene are closest to…
Samsung Patents Earbuds That Fix Their Own Fit With a Tiny Valve
Your earbuds can't tell when they're sitting crooked in your ear — but Samsung is patenting a system that can, and automatically…
Samsung Patents Earbuds That Can Record Two Different Users Separately
What if you handed one earbud to a friend for a quick translation session or interview — and your phone automatically knew…
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