Samsung Patents a Camera Sensor That Fixes Motion Blur by Counting Individual Light Particles
Samsung describes a camera sensor that takes a burst of tiny snapshots, lines each one up with the moving subject, and stacks…
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OpenAI Patents a Moving Assistant That Keeps Waving Until You Look at It
Most assistants beep, buzz, or talk when they need you. This OpenAI patent describes one that physically waves, nods, or rolls toward…
Meta Files Patent for Glasses Cameras That Read Your Pulse Past Sweat and Glare
Sweat is a problem for heart-rate sensors. Shiny skin bounces light straight back and drowns out the faint signal of your pulse.…
Apple Patents a Multi-Light Camera System for More Accurate 3D Scanning
Apple's Face ID system already uses invisible light to map your face in 3D. A newly filed patent suggests Apple is working…
Samsung Patents a Way to Use Your Selfie Camera to Fix Rear Photo Colors
Your phone's front camera is usually idle when you're taking photos with the rear lens. Samsung wants to put it to work,…
Apple Patents Technology to Keep Multiple Cameras Producing Consistent, Synchronized Images
When your phone's wide and telephoto cameras look at the same scene, they can disagree on color, exposure, and tone. Apple's new…
Sony Patents a Camera System That Looks Up Settings to Prevent Moiré on LED Film Sets
Anyone who has filmed in front of an LED video wall knows the nightmare: a flickering, rippling interference pattern called moiré that…
Google Patents a Camera That Reframes Around What You Tap
Every time you zoom in on a phone camera, the software just magnifies whatever is in the center. Google is patenting a…
Samsung Patents a Camera Color Fix That Reads the Time of Day
Your phone's camera often guesses wrong about lighting, turning a warm golden-hour photo into something flat and off-color. Samsung is patenting a…
Samsung Patents an Alternating-Voltage Trick to Cut Noise in Camera Sensors
Samsung has filed a patent describing a specific sequence of voltage switches inside an image sensor that could reduce the electronic noise…
Sony Patents a Fix for AI Image Enhancement That Breaks Down in Extreme Lighting
AI upscaling is great at making low-resolution images look sharper, but it tends to fall apart when a scene is unusually bright…
Nvidia Patents a Fix for the Visible Seams That Appear in Multi-Camera Photos
When two cameras capture adjacent parts of a scene, they almost never agree on how bright or saturated the scene is. Nvidia's…
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