Samsung Patents a Compact 4-Lens Camera Design for Wide-Angle Shots
Samsung is filing patents on a tightly constrained 4-lens optical system designed to pack wide-angle coverage into a physically small camera module…
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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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Samsung Patents a Fix for Misaligned Frames in Multi-Shot Camera Captures
When your phone blends multiple photos into one — for HDR, night mode, or RAW captures — tiny timing mismatches between frames…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Does Autofocus and HDR at the Same Time
Most cameras have to choose between gathering autofocus data and capturing a wide exposure range in a single shot. Samsung's new patent…
Samsung Patents a Two-Pass Lens Shading Fix That Cleans Up Video Stabilization Artifacts
When your phone stabilizes a shaky video by cropping and shifting the frame, it quietly breaks the color correction it just applied.…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Reads Motion Before You Tap the Shutter
Most cameras react to motion blur after the fact — Samsung's new patent wants to detect motion in the viewfinder and dial…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Pre-Focuses Before You See the Viewfinder
Samsung is patenting a way to have your phone's camera already focused on your subject before the camera app has even finished…
Sony Patents a System That Auto-Tunes Camera Settings During 3D Scanning
Getting a clean 3D scan of a real-world object is surprisingly hard — bad exposure, wrong angle, or tricky lighting can ruin…
Samsung Patents a Context-Aware Camera That Shifts Frame Rates While Moving
Samsung is patenting a system that lets a moving device — think a robot, a drone, or an autonomous vehicle — automatically…
Samsung Patents a Way to Merge Dual-Camera Footage Into One Video Track
Samsung is patenting a method to take footage from two separate cameras and pack it into a single video track — potentially…
Qualcomm Patents Zoom-Aware Rectification for Stereo Camera Pairs
When you zoom in on a dual-camera phone, the stereo math that powers depth sensing quietly breaks — Qualcomm's new patent is…
Sony Patents a Multi-Camera System That Shows Every Camera's Shooting Range at Once
Managing a dozen cameras at a live event means constantly guessing what each one is covering. Sony's new patent describes a system…
Qualcomm Patents RF Sensing System That Triggers Camera Actions Automatically
Qualcomm wants your device to use radio waves — not just its camera — to know when something is about to enter…
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