Samsung Patents a Robot Vacuum That Checks Its Battery Before It Starts Mopping
Samsung's latest patent describes a robot cleaner that doesn't just vacuum and mop blindly. It vacuums first, builds a map of your…
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Samsung Patents a Cooling Assembly That Pulls Heat Away From Refrigerator Components
Samsung is patenting a specific way to hold the hot and cold sides of a thermoelectric cooling unit firmly in place inside…
Samsung Patents a Circuit That Prevents Overheating by Learning Its Own Workload History
Most chips slow down after they overheat. Samsung is patenting a system that slows down before overheating happens, by watching how the…
Samsung Patent Covers Robots That Switch Drive Modes Without Losing Speed
Most wheeled robots have to slow down or stop when they switch how their wheels are powered. Samsung is patenting a way…
Samsung Patents a Way to Spend Audio Data Where Your Ears Actually Notice
Not all sounds in a music mix are created equal, and Samsung wants encoders to start treating them that way. This patent…
Sony Files Patent to Prevent Event Camera Saturation in Bright Light Conditions
Event cameras are one of the most promising sensor technologies for robotics and self-driving vehicles, but they have a nasty habit of…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Stitch Camera Feeds Across Two Chips Without Extra Software
Combining footage from multiple cameras usually means a lot of processing overhead. Nvidia's new patent describes a way to let the data…
Samsung Patent: Elastic Buffer Layer Shields Display Chip Bump Connections From Damage
Samsung Display has patented a way to place a small elastic buffer between the tiny metal contacts that connect a chip to…
Google Files Patent for a Round Display That Wraps Pixels Around Its Own Edge
Google is patenting a circular display where the screen doesn't just stop at the edge. It curves around the rim, squeezing extra…
Sony Patents a Fix for Uneven Dimming in Cameras With Swappable Lenses
Sony is patenting a way to automatically fix a known visual flaw that appears when a liquid crystal dimmer is placed in…
Samsung Patents a New Way to Wire Pixels Together Inside a Camera Chip
Samsung is rethinking how individual pixels inside a camera sensor talk to each other, using a shared metal pad that bridges two…
Qualcomm Patents a Video Filter That Removes Blurring and Blocky Distortions from Streamed Footage
When video gets compressed for streaming, edges and colors often fall apart. Qualcomm's new patent describes a filtering approach that uses both…
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