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Samsung patent reveals full-blown, recent AR headset design
A relatively fresh design patent application reveals a full-blown render of an AR headset from Samsung. The Korean company seems poised to keep up with some of the other (future) players in the augmented reality space. Samsung AR headset Rumors about Samsung working on its own AR headset date back years. In the meantime, the […]
- By Michel G.
- 5 years ago
Samsung ranks unbelievably low in IoT patents
Samsung is pushing towards Internet of Things, and it acquired SmartThings to strengthen its presence in the home automation market. The South Korean electronics is already developing an operating system for IoT products, but most of the innovation is locked up in patents. Quartz has compiled a new report, which ranks companies based on the […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 8 years ago
Samsung is working on smart contact lenses, patent filing reveals
In an ever expanding universe of wearables, Samsung is doing its best to keep all bases covered. Today, the publication of a patent application shows the company is developing smart contact lenses. The patent application, filed in South Korea, shows a contact lens equipped with a tiny display, a camera, an antenna, and several sensors that […]
- By Michel G.
- 8 years ago
Samsung files a patent for hue-changing sunglasses that can be controlled from your phone
Google's Glass may have failed to make an impact on the everyday consumer, but the device certainly is something that everyone of us would still love to own, if money be no object. The only problem for Google Glass, besides the usually high cost, is that it requires users to get used to a completely new […]
- By Yash G.
- 9 years ago
Samsung patent hints at headphones with integrated head-up display
Patent applications and concepts have revealed that Samsung has some interest in coming out with smart glasses – tentatively titled – similar to Google Glass. However, it looks like the company isn't exactly decided on what it wants to create, as a patent granted to it showcases a device that seems to be a headphone […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 10 years ago
Apple wins patent ruling in Japan
Samsung suffered a blow in the Tokyo District Court earlier today as Judge Koji Hasegawa ruled that Apple didn’t infringe Samsung owned patent. Samsung alleged Apple’s devices like iPhone 4s, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 to infringe on the data communication patent but the Japanese court didn’t find any infringement by the American company. Samsung […]
- By Kunal G.
- 10 years ago
Patent filing for Samsung’s ‘Galaxy Glass’ details augmented reality keyboard
Samsung was rumoured to be working on a Goole Glass-style wearable device that was set to launch later this year, but till date there wasn't any information about the device. However, a recent patent filing gives an insight into the kind of interface Samsung is planning for the device. The images detail a camera-based augmented […]
- By Harish J.
- 10 years ago
Samsung to pay $650 million to Ericsson to end patent feud
After sealing a ten-year patent licensing deal with Google earlier this week, Samsung has buried another hatchet by agreeing to pay $650 to Swedish networking manufacturer Ericsson. Ericsson sued Samsung in 2012 over patent infringements relating to its voice transmission, touchscreen functions and network efficiency technologies. The case was filed by Ericsson in November 2012 […]
- By Harish J.
- 10 years ago
Samsung and Google sign patent cross-licensing deal
Google and Samsung have signed a global patent cross-license agreement to license their patent portfolios to each other, in a move that the two companies hope will drive innovation in an industry that has seen far too many patent disputes (though Google and Samsung have never gone to court against each other.) The deal is good […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 10 years ago
Judge rules Samsung infringes a patent, invalidates the other before trial
Samsung received a double blow in the US court this week as Judge Lucy Koh ruled Samsung to infringe an Apple patent and invalidated Samsung’s claim of Apple infringing one. The patents in question are the Apple owned autocomplete patent, which is infringed by Samsung and the one that got invalidated was Samsung’s patent on […]
- By Kunal G.
- 10 years ago
Apple and Samsung agree to talk things out before next patent battle
In a rather welcome bit of news, Apple and Samsung have agreed to try to resolve their disputes over smartphone patents through a mediation session in February. The two companies will take a trip back to the courts in March for their next patent battle, but Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon will […]
- By Michael R.
- 10 years ago
Samsung and Apple resume talks over patent royalties
Samsung and Apple have reportedly resumed talks in order to resolve disputes over patent-infringement claims, and also to yet again try to reach an amicable cross-licensing deal, after talks over settlements back in July last year failed to cough up any results. “As far as I know, the companies recently resumed working-level discussions toward the signing of […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 10 years ago
Samsung extends patent licensing agreement with Nokia for five years
Android might be free, but when a manufacturer wants to make an Android phone, it has to pay the price of a few patents that companies like Microsoft and Nokia have held for a few years; when you don't pay that price officially, you get sued into oblivion by the likes of Apple and so […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 10 years ago
Samsung patents smartphone-connected ‘sports glasses’, Gear Glass incoming?
Earlier this month, not-always-accurate blogger Eldar Murtazin had speculated that Samsung was working on a Google Glass-like product – called Gear Glass – and now, a patent unearthed by The Wall Street Journal lends importance credence to that speculation. The patent shows a pair of glasses with side buttons and a camera on the front, and the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
SamMobile Daily Recap, September 19, 2023: Galaxy S22 One UI 6 beta, new Snapdragon chip, and more
We publish a lot of stories on a daily basis, and we realize it can sometimes be difficult for our readers to keep up with all of them, especially since those stories are published in different time zones. That is where our daily recap comes in, listing all our coverage for the day in one location for your (clicking […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 months ago
