When it comes to smartphones and batteries, the bogeyman immediately comes to mind, in reality in part considerably attenuated compared to a few years ago, of the device that discharges quickly, forcing the user to an intermediate recharge during the day.
Today, however, the battery argument develops at a different juncture, the Korean giant Samsung was in fact involved in a legal battle for an alleged patent infringement. Let’s see what it is.
Samsung allegedly misused an algorithm for predicting battery life
All this starts with the patent company K. Mirza LLC which filed legal action against Samsung on May 20, accused of having adopted a battery technology originally developed by the Dutch research institute Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Togepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoe.
All smartphones have a section within the settings where the estimate of the residual charge is indicated, the device to do this uses a sophisticated algorithm that, by analyzing user behavior, is able to determine how much charge is still available on a mobile device.
As with all things, even the development of such technology requires time and resources, and according to the company that licensed the patent, the smartphone manufacturer would have misused the algorithm, without having the authorization.
All this, however, would have happened in not recent times, given that the patent infringement allegations concern versions of the operating system prior to the current ones, ensuring that devices such as the latest Galaxy S22 are not affected by the diatribe.
Actually, it is interesting to note that the cause revolves around the technologies of the Android operating system, and is not strictly related to Samsung’s software, this means that other Android OEMs could also be involved in the future since they use the same technology.
We will therefore see if in the near future, producers of the caliber of Xiaomi and Google itself, will be called into question in the legal proceeding carried out by the patent company, actually going to join Samsung.