Sony Patents a Camera Motor That Moves Each Lens Element on Its Own
Most camera lenses move their focusing elements together, like a single piston. Sony is patenting a motor that lets multiple lens elements…
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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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Sony's New Patent Keeps Tracking Cameras Off Until Something Worth Tracking Gets Close
Sony has filed a patent for a positioning system where cameras don't bother turning on unless the thing they're supposed to track…
Qualcomm's New Patent Teaches Cameras to Focus Using Their Own HDR Data
Autofocus struggles most when the light in a scene is all over the place — one patch too bright, another too dark.…
Microsoft's New Patent Switches Its Camera's AI Off When Your Battery Needs a Break
Your laptop's camera could take better photos when the device has headroom to spare — and fall back to a faster, cheaper…
Google's New Patent Hides Smart Glasses Wiring Inside the Lens Itself
Google has a patent for smart glasses that ditch the internal wires running through the frame — and instead route electrical signals…
Google Patents Earbuds That Detect Your Gestures by Listening to Your Ear Canal
What if your earbuds could tell when you nod, clench your jaw, or raise your hand — without any camera, touchpad, or…
Nvidia Patents a System to Automatically Calibrate Hundreds of Cameras at Once
Getting dozens — or hundreds — of cameras to agree on where they are in the world is one of the most…
Nvidia Patents a Fix That Stops Invisible Light From Corrupting Photo Colors
Every time a camera sensor detects both visible light and infrared light, it risks confusing the two — turning a crisp, accurate…
Samsung Patents a Way to Measure How Far Away a Pedestrian Is Using a Moving Camera
Most cameras can see a pedestrian. Knowing exactly how far away that person is — without a laser or a radar —…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Uses Nanoscale Lenses to Split Light for Autofocus
Samsung is rethinking how a camera sensor captures light — not with traditional glass optics, but with microscopic pillars smaller than a…
Qualcomm Patents a Camera That Follows Your Eyes to Decide What to Capture
What if your camera already knew what you were about to look at — and started focusing there before you even pressed…
Sony Patents a Camera That Shrinks Unedited Photo Files Based on Your Intended Print Size
Sony's new patent describes a camera that decides how much to compress a RAW photo file based on how big the final…
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