Sony Patents a Light-Filtering Method for Reading Surface Texture on 3D Objects
Getting a digital object to look truly realistic means capturing not just shape and color, but how rough or smooth the surface…
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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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Wing Aviation Patents a Remote Camera System That Pauses Drone Flights When Something Looks Wrong
Before a delivery drone takes off or lands, a remote human operator checks a live camera feed to confirm the area is…
Samsung Patents a Way to Keep Colors Consistent Across Every Camera on Your Phone
Every lens on a multi-camera phone sees color a little differently, and that mismatch ruins photos. Samsung is filing a patent for…
Sony Patents a Camera Lens That Shields Its Own Light-Capturing Film
Sony has filed a patent on a smarter way to stack the layers inside optical elements, solving a manufacturing headache: how do…
Sony Patents a Way to Control a Camera Using Gestures From a Headset
Sony has filed a patent for a system that lets your head-mounted device, think AR glasses or a VR headset, control a…
Sony Patents a System That Keeps LiDAR Sensors and Cameras Precisely Aligned
Every time a self-driving car or robot misreads the world, misaligned sensors are often the culprit. Sony has patented a method to…
Samsung Patents a System That Lets Robots Keep an Eye on Each Other
When one robot in a team starts doing something risky, who notices? Samsung's latest patent puts that job on the robots themselves,…
Sony Patents a Visual Map That Shows a Robot Every Angle It Can Photograph From
Programming a robot to photograph something without bumping into walls or missing the shot is surprisingly hard. Sony's new patent turns that…
Sony Patents a System That Guides Photographers Away From Mirror-Like Glare
Shiny surfaces have long been the enemy of 3D cameras, bouncing light in ways that confuse depth sensors. Sony's new patent describes…
Qualcomm Patents a Camera That Sharpens Its Focus Toward Any Sound It Hears
A Qualcomm patent describes a camera system that listens for sounds, guesses where your eyes are about to go, and sharpens that…
Sony Patents a Dual-Camera System That Measures How Light Filters Through Surfaces
Most cameras treat light as a simple brightness signal. Sony is filing patents around capturing something much more specific: how the orientation…
Samsung Patents a Projector That Grows Its Image as the Lens Cover Opens
Most projectors just blast a full image the moment they turn on, cover or not. Samsung's new patent describes a device that…
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