Samsung Patents a Night-Vision Chip That Reads Heat to Capture Images in the Dark
Samsung is patenting a thermal image sensor with a deliberately perforated absorption layer, a structural tweak designed to improve how accurately the…
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Samsung Patents a Camera That Blends Old Photos With Live Shots
Samsung is patenting a way for your phone camera to blend a photo already sitting in your gallery with a brand-new live…
Samsung Patents a Way to Help Robots Understand What Every Object in a Room Is For
Before a robot can help you around the house, it needs to understand not just where things are, but what they're for.…
Samsung Patents a Way to Stitch Separate Motion Photos Into One Continuous Clip
Samsung is working on a way to automatically chain together multiple motion photos shot around the same time, playing them back as…
Samsung Patents a Camera Mode That Adjusts Exposure Based on How Much Your Pet Is Moving
Getting a sharp photo of a pet is genuinely hard, and Samsung thinks the fix is letting the camera watch how much…
Samsung Patents a Circuit That Bypasses a Failing Battery Cell Mid-Use
Imagine your laptop's battery pack has four cells and one goes bad. Right now, that often means the whole pack underperforms or…
Samsung Patents a Physics-Based Widget Flip for Foldable Phone Cover Screens
Samsung is patenting a way to flip through widgets on a foldable phone's small outer screen that feels closer to turning physical…
Samsung Patents a Network Device That Picks Its Own Least-Busy Path
Most network devices just send data back the same way it arrived. Samsung's patent describes a device that checks which of its…
Samsung Files Patent to Detect Skin Tone Using Pulse Sensor Technology
Most wearable health sensors were designed and tested primarily on lighter skin tones, which makes their readings less reliable for many people.…
Samsung Patents a Lost-Device Finder That Points You There With Your Camera
Samsung is working on a way to find a lost gadget by pointing your phone's camera around the room until an on-screen…
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