Samsung Patents a Built-In Interference Barrier for Multi-Antenna Radio Modules
Pack too many antennas onto a single circuit board and they start talking over each other, degrading the signal for everyone connected.…
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Samsung Patents a Fix That Keeps Your Charging Screen Active During Wireless Power Pauses
Every wireless charger briefly cuts power in certain situations, and when that happens your phone's charging indicator can vanish, leaving you wondering…
IBM's New Patent Covers Keeping Human-Shaped Work Robots Charged Through the Floor
IBM has filed a patent for a way to charge humanoid robots by having them stand on a special spot in the…
Samsung Patents a Way to Turn a Foldable Phone's Metal Frame Into Its Own Antenna
Foldable phones have a tricky antenna problem: folding the device in half can put two metal frames right on top of each…
Samsung Patents a Charging System That Both Powers Up and Shares Battery Wirelessly
Samsung has filed a patent for a coil assembly that nests three separate wireless charging rings inside a single phone, letting it…
Sony Patents a Light-Based Touch Sensor to Give Robot Hands a Finer Sense of Feel
Teaching a robot hand to feel the difference between gripping an egg and a wrench is one of the hardest problems in…
Samsung Patents a Compact Camera Lens Design That Makes Phone Zoom Thinner
Getting a powerful zoom lens into a phone without a chunky camera bump is one of the trickiest problems in phone design.…
Samsung Patents a Hinge That Cradles the Flexible Screen as the Phone Folds
The most vulnerable moment for any foldable phone is the fold itself. Samsung's latest patent filing describes a hinge that physically makes…
Samsung Patents a Battery-Switching System Built for Folding Displays
Folding phones need a burst of power every time the screen moves, and Samsung is patenting a clever way to rewire the…
Apple Patents a New Way to Seal and Mount Rear Cameras Inside a Glass Bump
Apple is rethinking how cameras attach to the glass back of a phone, using a molded plastic seal and a metal trim…
Samsung Patents a Self-Testing Video Decoder That Picks Its Own Fill Direction
Every time your TV or phone decodes a video, it has to guess how to fill in each tiny block of the…
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