Samsung Patents a Camera System That Flattens Curved-Object Scans Automatically
Ever tried to scan a business card lying at an angle and got a warped, unreadable mess back? Samsung is filing a…
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Samsung Patents a Way to Sync Garbage Collection Across Multiple SSDs
Every SSD periodically stops to do housekeeping — and when multiple drives do it at different times, your system stutters unpredictably. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a 5G Wake-Up Signal That Cuts Idle Radio Power Drain
Your phone's 5G radio is one of its biggest battery drains — not because you're streaming, but because it's constantly scanning for…
Samsung Patents a Fix for Probability Drift at Video Tile Boundaries
When a video decoder chops a frame into processing tiles, the math it uses to decode the edges of each tile can…
Samsung Patents a Diode-Driven Optical Switch for Steering Light
Samsung is patenting a way to steer light on a chip using a diode — the same basic building block that controls…
Samsung Patents a Template-Matching System for More Efficient Video Decoding
Samsung is patenting a way to make video decoders smarter about how they find matching image blocks — a small but potentially…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Pre-Focuses Before You See the Viewfinder
Samsung is patenting a way to have your phone's camera already focused on your subject before the camera app has even finished…
Samsung Patents a Layer-by-Layer 3D Escape Route Finder for Robots
When a robot rolls into a crowded hallway, it doesn't just need to know what's blocking the floor — it needs to…
Samsung Patents a Display Panel With a 5G Antenna Array Built Into Its Edge
Samsung Display is trying to solve one of mmWave 5G's messiest hardware problems — where to put the antennas — by building…
Samsung Patents an In-Car Display That Shows Notifications Based on Where You're Looking
Samsung is working on a car display that watches your eyes and decides whether — and how — to show you a…
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