Samsung Patents a Multi-Directional Gate Layout for Denser Image Sensors
Samsung is patenting a way to wire up image sensor pixels using gate lines that snake across two differently-oriented active regions —…
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Samsung Patents a Segmented Grating Design for Clearer AR Waveguide Displays
Getting light to spread evenly across an AR lens is one of the hardest unsolved problems in wearable displays. Samsung's latest patent…
Samsung Patents a Diffusion Model Pipeline for Ultra-High-Resolution Image Synthesis
Samsung is patenting a way to use diffusion models — the same technology behind AI image generators like Stable Diffusion — to…
Samsung Patents a Frequency-Domain Image Upscaling System That Denoises Before It Sharpens
Most image upscaling works directly on pixels — Samsung's new patent takes a detour through the frequency domain first, stripping out noise…
Samsung Patents a System for Sending 3D Video to the Right Screen in Multi-Display Setups
Most people have more than one screen on their desk — but only one of those screens might support 3D. Samsung's new…
Samsung Patents a Single-Signal Driver IC for Multi-Column LED Backlights
Samsung is trying to do more with less inside the backlight of an LCD display — specifically, driving two full columns of…
Samsung Patents a Background-Stripping Method to Make Object Detection Faster
Before an AI model even tries to spot a person or car in a video, Samsung wants it to strip away everything…
Samsung Patents an Auto-Schema Health Data Analysis System
Samsung is patenting a system that automatically figures out how your health data is structured — and picks the right algorithm to…
Samsung Patents a Crease-Swipe Screenshot Gesture for Tri-Fold Phones
Samsung is working on a tri-fold phone with a genuinely clever trick: swipe your finger along the physical crease between display panels…
Samsung Patents a Chip Package That Buries Passive Components Inside Camera Modules
Samsung is patenting a way to hide the small resistors and capacitors that normally crowd a circuit board inside the chip package…
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