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Samsung patents foldable phone that fixes uneven brightness across the fold

Samsung has filed a patent for a foldable device that monitors the color and brightness of the screen on both sides of the hinge. If the two halves show different shades, the system automatically adjusts the brightness of one side to match the other.

Why it mattersThis could make the seam in foldable screens less noticeable, improving the visual experience when reading or watching videos on a bent display.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing, the second housing being configured to rotate with respect to a hinge relative to the first housing, a display disposed within the first housing and the second housing, the display being configured to fold with respect to a boundary line between the first housing and the second housing, memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to display a first image on a first display area of the display, the first display area at least partially being disposed within the first housing, display a second image on a second display area of the display, the second display area at least partially being disposed within the second housing, identify a color value of the first display area and a color value of the second display area, and when a difference between the color value of the first display area and the color value of the second display area is greater than or equal to a preset value, execute a brightness adjustment mode for individually adjusting a brightness of the first display area or a brightness of the second display area.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device, comprising: a housing including a first housing and a second housing, the second housing being configured to rotate with respect to a hinge relative to the first housing; a display disposed within the first housing and the second housing, the display being configured to be folded with respect to a boundary line between the first housing and the second housing; memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: display a first image on a first display area of the display, the first display area at least partially being disposed within the first housing, display a second image on a second display area of the display, the second display area at least partially being disposed within the second housing, identify a color value of the first display area and a color value of the second display area, and when a difference between the color value of the first display area and the color value of the second display area is greater than or equal to a preset value, execute a brightness adjustment mode for individually adjusting a brightness of the first display area or a brightness of the second display area.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS OF DISPLAY
Publication number
US20260268863A1
Application number
19660890
Filed
Apr 28, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

G09G 3/3406 Physics & computingG09G 3/035 Physics & computingG09G 2320/0242 Physics & computingG09G 2320/0686 Physics & computingG09G 2354/00 Physics & computingG09G 2360/144 Physics & computing
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