Qualcomm Patents a Camera Sensor That Dials Down Its Own Light Sensitivity
Taking a photo in blinding sunlight or of a bright stage can overwhelm a camera sensor, leaving you with a washed-out mess.…
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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 Patents a Two-Stage Light-Filtering System That Cuts Glare in Photos
Sony is working on a camera sensor that runs incoming light through two separate polarization filters in sequence, aiming to capture four…
Apple Patents a Camera That Reframes Shots Using Gestures and Voice Together
Say 'closer' while waving your hand and the camera zooms in. Say 'wider' with the same wave and it zooms out. Apple…
Sony Patents a Six-Lens Design for Compact Wide-Angle Cameras
Sony is patenting a specific six-lens arrangement that aims to squeeze wide-angle shooting and strong low-light performance into a physically small camera…
Sony Files Patent for a Zoom Lens That Stays Sharp From Wide to Telephoto
Sony is patenting a zoom lens structure that carefully choreographs how internal glass elements move during zooming, with one specific goal: keeping…
Drone Patent Reuses Blurry Misaligned Frames to Fix 3D Distance Measurement
When a drone's stereo cameras drift out of alignment mid-flight, the fix usually happens later on the ground using different footage, which…
New Patent Scans Surroundings for Eye Health Risks Using Gaze Direction
Samsung is working on a wearable device that watches where your eyes are pointed, aims a camera in that direction, and then…
Sony Files Patent for a Camera Lens That Focuses by Moving Only Its Middle Section
Most camera lenses move a lot of glass just to focus on something close up. Sony's new patent describes a design where…
Qualcomm Patents a Camera System That Exposes Each Object in a Scene Separately
Your phone already takes multiple shots at different brightness levels and blends them together. Qualcomm's new patent takes that further by deciding…
Apple Patents a Camera-Motion Trick to Compress Video More Efficiently
Every time your iPhone records a video, it's constantly guessing where every part of the image moved from one frame to the…
Apple Patent Shows Two Wireless Radios Working Together to Detect Nearby Objects
What if your iPhone could detect that someone is standing near it, not using a camera or a dedicated sensor, but by…
Patent: Camera That Reads Light Flickers Catches Factory Defects in Real Time
Most factory cameras take pictures the same way your phone does, snapping full frames many times per second. Sony is patenting a…
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