Disney Patents a Self-Leveling Platform That Keeps Objects Flat on a Tilting Ride
Ever wished you could carry a drink, a camera, or a mobility aid onto a theme park ride without everything sliding around?…
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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 Camera System That Distinguishes Glass from Plastic by Filtering Light
Telling a glass bottle from a clear plastic one sounds easy for a human, but it trips up machines constantly. Sony has…
Nvidia Patents a Camera System That Repositions Stitched Video During Eye Flicks
Your eyes make tiny involuntary jumps dozens of times per second, and Nvidia thinks that's the perfect moment to rearrange the seam…
Google Patents a System That Sharpens Blurry Photos Based on Distance from Camera
Blurry photos are frustrating enough, but blurry photos where only part of the frame needed fixing are worse. Google's new patent describes…
Samsung Patents an Auto-Adjusting Color Fix for Dark and Dim Photos
Taking a photo in a dim restaurant or a poorly lit hallway almost always ends in disappointment. Samsung is patenting a system…
Sony Patents a System That Reroutes Cameras When a 3D Model Fails
Getting a clean 3D model of something in the real world is surprisingly fragile: one passerby, one parked truck, and the whole…
Samsung Patents Per-Zone Portrait Blur That Treats Foreground and Background Differently
Portrait mode on most phones applies one blur recipe to everything behind your subject. Samsung is filing for a system that treats…
Samsung Patents a Way to Merge Camera Frames Without Ever Fully Decoding Them
Every time your phone takes a burst of photos and merges them into one sharp image, it has to decode each raw…
Sony Patents a Microscopic Metal Shell Surface That Controls Light Color by Design
Sony is patenting a way to build surfaces out of millions of microscopic hollow metal shells, each tuned to interact with a…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Remembers Who You Were Filming
Samsung is working on a camera system that tags the subjects in your video while you record, then uses those tags later…
Google Patents a Curved Internal Speaker Channel That Routes Sound Around Camera Hardware
Getting a speaker and a camera to coexist inside a slim device housing is a genuine space puzzle, and Google thinks a…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Saves a Video Clip Alongside Every Still Photo
You snap a photo, but the real moment was half a second before or after the shutter. Samsung is filing a patent…
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