Samsung Patents a Camera That Switches How It Captures Motion on Its Own
Your phone's camera already makes dozens of decisions every time you tap the shutter button. Samsung is now patenting a system that…
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Samsung Patent: Hidden Sensors Reposition Automatically When Display Bezel Is Swapped
Samsung is working on a display where the sensors inside physically move on their own when you attach or remove the frame…
Samsung Patents a Smartwatch That Boosts Signal Strength Through Its Wireless Charger
Inside a smartwatch there are precious few millimeters to spare, and every component competes for space. Samsung's new patent finds a clever…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Tunes Its Light-Blocking Layers Per Color
Light bouncing around inside a camera sensor before it hits the right spot is one of the main reasons photos look washed…
Samsung Patents a Storage Circuit That Handles AI Calculations Directly On-Chip
Most chips spend more energy moving data than computing with it. Samsung's patent describes a memory cell that skips the trip entirely…
Samsung Files Patent for a System That Routes Bluetooth Audio to Specific Wireless Devices
Samsung is patenting a way for one device to tell multiple wireless audio gadgets exactly which audio stream each one should play,…
Samsung Patents Storage That Decides How to Shrink Files on Its Own
Your SSD is constantly making judgment calls about which data to squeeze together, and those calls have a big effect on speed…
Samsung Patents a Display Upgrade That Spreads Brightness Signals to Cut Screen Flicker
Screen flicker is one of those problems most people don't consciously notice until it gives them a headache. Samsung's latest patent targets…
Samsung Patents a Processor That Skips Slow Tasks Instead of Waiting
Most processors stall when a task takes too long to get a reply. Samsung's new patent describes a chip that simply moves…
Samsung Patents a Camera Chip Design That Captures Sharper Photos Using Stacked Layers
Samsung has filed a patent for an image sensor that tweaks the physical construction of the transistors sitting on top of its…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Focuses Light With Nano-Scale Pillars
Instead of the tiny curved glass lenses that have focused light in camera sensors for decades, Samsung is experimenting with forests of…
Samsung Patent Introduces Layered Electrode Design to Separate Pen and Touch Sensing
Samsung Display is rethinking how a screen tells your fingertip apart from your stylus pen, and it wants to do it without…
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