Sony Patents a System of Body-Worn Cameras That Track Your Own Skeleton
Sony wants to map the position of every joint and limb on your body using only small cameras clipped to you, with…
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How phones and headsets see: image sensors, lenses, autofocus tricks, and the processing that turns light into photos. We track every camera filing as it publishes.
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Intel Patents a Face-Tracking System That Decides When Your Camera Should Refocus
Your camera's autofocus can be its own worst enemy, constantly hunting for focus when nothing important has changed. Intel's new patent describes…
Sony Patent Links Camera Frames to Cut Junk Data in 3D Scanning
Every time a camera builds a 3D model of an object, it tends to pick up a bunch of noise and floating…
Apple Patents a Camera Bump Where the Depth Sensor Points at an Angle
Every lens on the back of your iPhone points straight out, perpendicular to the glass. Apple is now patenting a design where…
New iPhone Patent Reveals Flush Glass and Camera Bump Design
The camera bump on the back of your iPhone has always sat above the rear glass, creating a visible step. Apple is…
Hidden Camera Bump Doubles as a Stealth Antenna in New Apple Patent
The raised camera island on the back of your phone could double as a wireless antenna, according to a new Apple patent.…
Apple Patents a Camera That Records in Higher Quality Only When Something Interesting Appears
Apple is working on a camera system that watches what you're recording and automatically kicks into higher quality the moment something worth…
New Apple Patent Rethinks Camera Wiring and Stabilization
Inside every camera with optical image stabilization, there's a tiny platform that floats and shifts to cancel out shaky hands. Apple's new…
Waymo Patents a Camera That Floods the Dark with Invisible Light
Waymo has filed a patent for a compact camera module that uses near-infrared LEDs to illuminate a scene without any visible light,…
Tesla Patents a Heated, Anti-Glare Glass Stack for Its Vehicle Cameras
Tesla is working on a purpose-built glass assembly for the cameras mounted in its vehicles, one that can conduct electricity for defogging…
Samsung Patents a Camera Trick That Sharpens Only the Part of the Photo That Matters
Instead of wasting processing power sharpening an entire photo, Samsung's new patent describes a camera that takes a quick low-resolution look at…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Blends Old Photos With Live Shots
Samsung is patenting a way for your phone camera to blend a photo already sitting in your gallery with a brand-new live…
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