Samsung Patents a Robot That Picks Up Its Own Sensor to See Around Obstacles
Most robots go blind when something blocks their sensors. Samsung's new patent describes a robot that solves that problem by picking up…
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Samsung Patents a Glass Display Cover That Bends Without Shattering
Glass and folding don't naturally get along — but Samsung may have found a way to make them work together by literally…
Samsung Patents a Smartwatch That Uses Its Own Metal Frame as an Antenna
Samsung is designing smartwatches where the metal rim around the screen doesn't just look good — it literally is the antenna. No…
Samsung Patents a Fix for Uneven Brightness in E-Ink Displays
E-ink screens can look subtly washed out near the edges — not because the pixels are bad, but because the electrical field…
Samsung Patents a Compact 4-Lens Camera Design for Wide-Angle Shots
Samsung is filing patents on a tightly constrained 4-lens optical system designed to pack wide-angle coverage into a physically small camera module…
Samsung Patents Pressure-Sensing Phone Buttons That Vibrate Back When You Press Them
Samsung is rethinking what a phone button can do — instead of a simple click, its new patent describes buttons that measure…
Samsung Display Patents an OLED Wiring Layout That Keeps Every Pixel Electrically Equal
Uneven wiring capacitance is one of the subtle, hard-to-fix reasons OLED panels can show brightness gradients or color shifts — and Samsung…
Samsung Patents a System for Two Foldable Phones That Share Screens Based on How They're Folded
Samsung is exploring a way for two paired foldable phones to automatically coordinate what's on each screen — and the key variable…
Samsung Patents a Wearable That Uses Skin Temperature to Know How You're Wearing It
Your smartwatch already knows when you've taken it off — but Samsung's new patent goes further, trying to figure out exactly *how*…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Layer Sensor to Track the S Pen Across Foldable Screens
Tracking a stylus across a flat screen is a solved problem — but a foldable screen that bends in the middle is…
Samsung Patents a Display That Pre-Brightens Where Your Eyes Are Headed
Your eyes move before your brain registers it — and Samsung wants its displays to exploit that gap. A newly filed patent…
Samsung Patents a Display Window With a Protective Layer You Can Actually Swap Out
Samsung is patenting a way to make the protective coating on a display screen detachable and replaceable — without touching the glass…
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