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…
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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 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…
Samsung Patents a Camera Mode That Adjusts Exposure Based on How Much Your Pet Is Moving
Getting a sharp photo of a pet is genuinely hard, and Samsung thinks the fix is letting the camera watch how much…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Reframes Your Shot When Someone Walks In
You're photographing one person, a second friend walks into frame, and your phone zooms out and reframes the shot to include both.…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Process Camera Frames Before They're Fully Captured
What if your car's computer didn't have to wait for a full camera frame before it started making sense of what it…
Sony Patent Fills in Object Shapes Hidden Behind Obstructions in Camera Images
When one object blocks part of another in a photo or live camera feed, a computer often has no idea what's hiding…
Intel Patent Fixes Washed-Out Faces in Photos Taken Against Bright Light
Taking a photo of someone standing in front of a bright window almost always ends in disappointment: either their face is too…
Google's New Patent Splits the Camera Frame So Every Corner Stays Sharp
Your phone's camera treats the entire frame as one focus problem. Google's new patent wants to split that frame into many smaller…
Sony's New Patent Stops AI Cameras from Analyzing Parts of a Photo That Don't Matter
Instead of running AI analysis on an entire image, Sony's latest patent describes a system that zooms in on just the relevant…
Sony Patents a Camera That Keeps Fast-Moving Objects Locked in Frame
Keeping a sharp, perfectly framed shot of a sprinter or a flying drone is genuinely hard for conventional cameras. Sony is patenting…
Sony's New Patent Pairs Two Cameras to Track Fast-Moving Objects Without the Usual Delay
Most cameras have to choose between image detail and speed. Sony's new patent describes a tracking system that uses both at once,…
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