Samsung Patents a Pinch-to-Shrink Widget Layout System for Cover Displays
Samsung is patenting a way to let you pinch an active widget down to a smaller tile on a cover display —…
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Samsung Patents a New Contact Pad Layout for 3D Memory Wordlines
As 3D NAND flash stacks more and more memory layers on top of each other, the tiny metal contact pads that connect…
Samsung Files Patent for Selective-Protection Semiconductor Etching Process
Deep inside a chip factory, the difference between a working transistor and a dead one can come down to a single masking…
Samsung Patents a Wearable That Hands Off Tasks to Nearby Devices Automatically
Imagine your smartwatch notices you've sat down at your desk and automatically tells your PC to pick up where your phone left…
Samsung Patents a Self-Calibrating Radar Receiver That Fixes Its Own Signal Distortion
Radar chips are only as accurate as their analog circuitry — and that circuitry is never perfect. Samsung's new patent describes a…
Samsung Patents a Cross-OS Screen Sharing System for Virtualized Apps
Samsung is patenting a way for an app running inside a virtualized guest OS to trigger a screen share of the entire…
Samsung Patents a Motion-Trajectory System for Fixing Blurry Video Frames
Every video has a few frames ruined by motion blur — a fast pan, a sudden gesture, a poorly timed shutter. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a Recessed PCB Layout for Thinner Foldable Devices
Getting two separate circuit boards to talk to each other across a mechanical hinge — without adding bulk or breaking when the…
Samsung Patents a Shell-Wrapped Micro-LED Structure to Boost Display Efficiency
Tiny LEDs lose a surprising amount of light through their exposed edges — Samsung's new patent wraps each one in an ultra-thin…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Exhaust Airflow System for Smart Clothing Cabinets
Samsung is refining how air moves inside its clothing care cabinets — and the key insight is that not all the air…
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