Samsung Patents a Fix That Keeps Your Charging Screen Active During Wireless Power Pauses
Every wireless charger briefly cuts power in certain situations, and when that happens your phone's charging indicator can vanish, leaving you wondering…
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Qualcomm Patents a System Letting Your Phone Ask for Sharper AI Performance Data
Your phone's AI models need a steady diet of reference signals to stay accurate on a cellular network. Qualcomm's new patent lets…
IBM's New Patent Covers Keeping Human-Shaped Work Robots Charged Through the Floor
IBM has filed a patent for a way to charge humanoid robots by having them stand on a special spot in the…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Swap Live Radio Scans for Virtual Simulations
Every radio scan a network runs to track an object costs real wireless bandwidth. Qualcomm has filed a patent that lets a…
Samsung Patents a Way to Turn a Foldable Phone's Metal Frame Into Its Own Antenna
Foldable phones have a tricky antenna problem: folding the device in half can put two metal frames right on top of each…
Samsung Patents a Charging System That Both Powers Up and Shares Battery Wirelessly
Samsung has filed a patent for a coil assembly that nests three separate wireless charging rings inside a single phone, letting it…
Sony Patents a Light-Based Touch Sensor to Give Robot Hands a Finer Sense of Feel
Teaching a robot hand to feel the difference between gripping an egg and a wrench is one of the hardest problems in…
Meta Patents a Camera Housing That Electrically Controls Focus From Inside
Meta has filed a patent for a lens barrel with a built-in electrical wire running straight through its wall, letting a small…
Google Patents an AI System That Lets You Redesign Your Own Maps
Google has filed a patent for a system that uses a generative AI model to let users customize what their digital maps…
Samsung Patents a Two-Stage AI Approach to Storing and Sending Images More Efficiently
Samsung has filed a patent for an image compression method that splits the job between two different types of neural networks, one…
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