Apple Patents a Protective Border That Lets Foldable Phone Screens Bend Without Cracking
One of the trickiest parts of building a foldable phone or tablet isn't the screen itself, it's the thin strip of material…
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Qualcomm Patents a System That Pre-Adjusts Chip Speed Before Work Arrives
Instead of waiting for your phone's chip to get overwhelmed and then throttling back, Qualcomm's new patent describes a system that predicts…
Qualcomm Patents a Display System That Prevents Screen Discoloration Based on Room Lighting
Burn-in, the ghost image that slowly gets baked into OLED screens, has been a persistent problem for phones and TVs alike. Qualcomm…
Samsung Patents a Video Compression Method That Learns From Already-Decoded Frames
Every time your phone encodes a video, it has to make thousands of guesses about what the next block of pixels will…
Samsung Patents an Antenna System That Treats Both Halves of a Foldable Phone as One
When you fold a Samsung phone in half, the two halves end up facing each other, and that's normally a problem for…
Samsung Patents a Fix for the Visible Seams That Appear When Phones Process Photos in Pieces
When a phone's image processor works on a photo, it often chops it into smaller chunks called tiles. Done carelessly, that creates…
Nvidia Patent Describes Networked Data Centers That Train Robots Faster at Scale
Training a robot to do useful things in the real world takes an enormous amount of trial and error. Nvidia's new patent…
Nvidia Patent Reveals a Self-Improving AI Loop Built for Next-Gen Robots
Nvidia has filed a patent for a training system that cycles two types of AI learning back and forth in a loop,…
Samsung Patents a Robot Arm That Zooms In Before It Grabs
Before a robotic arm reaches for an object, Samsung's new patent wants it to automatically zoom in on the relevant area of…
Nvidia Patent Reveals How Simulated Video Could Train Future Humanoid Robots
Instead of filming millions of hours of real-world footage to teach robots how to move, Nvidia wants to generate that footage entirely…
Disney Patent Covers Animated Robots That Continuously Rethink Their Own Movement Goals
Getting an animated robot to move in a way that looks natural is harder than it sounds, because every movement involves dozens…
AI Patent Teaches Robots to Learn Smoother, More Natural Movement
Imagine a theme park robot that can smoothly shift from waving at a child to dodging a stroller, all without pre-programmed instructions…
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