Apple Patents a Camera Button That Changes What It Does Based on Press Pressure
A single physical button could soon do two completely different things in Apple's camera app, depending purely on how hard you press…
243 filings · topic
Camera patents
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.
Recent filings
243 total
Sony Patents a Robot That Uses Touch and Distance Sensing Together to Understand Objects
Most robots rely on cameras or lasers to figure out what's in front of them. Sony is filing for something that also…
Sony Patents a Brightness-Correction System for Medical Cameras That Use Glowing Dyes
Fluorescence cameras used in surgery can produce images where the edges look dimmer than the center, making it harder to spot exactly…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Use Radio Signals to Sharpen What a Camera Focuses On
Cameras already know where to look, but Qualcomm wants them to know where to look more precisely, by pulling in radio signal…
Nvidia Patents a System That Calibrates Sensors by Watching What They Detect
Keeping a camera or lidar sensor perfectly calibrated is tedious work that usually requires special targets and a technician. Nvidia's new patent…
Sony Patents an AI That Fuses Invisible Light Into Your Photos to Fix Them
Your camera can only see so much. Sony is patenting a system that uses invisible wavelengths of light, captured alongside a normal…
Sony Patents a Distance-Measuring Camera That Adjusts Itself to Changing Lighting Conditions
Depth sensors, the cameras that measure how far away things are, fall apart when the light changes. Sony is filing a patent…
Sony Patent Keeps Face Tracking Active After the Camera Loses Sight
If you lean out of frame or a shadow falls across your face, most camera-based face tracking just gives up. Sony's new…
Sony Patents a Camera Sensor That Captures Motion and Bright Scenes at Full Speed
Camera sensors usually have to choose between speed, motion tracking, and handling bright and dark areas at once. Sony's new patent describes…
Apple Patents a Brake System That Locks Its Shape-Shifting Camera Lens in Place
Apple is patenting a camera lens that physically changes its own shape, and tiny brakes to hold that shape rock-steady once it…
Sony Files Patent for a Third-Sensor Method That Aligns Mixed Camera and Scanner Arrays
Getting two sensors to agree on where they are in space is one of the quiet hard problems in robotics and autonomous…
Sony Patents a System That Stops Multiple Cameras From Blinding Each Other
When two light sensors fire at the same moment, they can blind each other. Sony's new patent describes a controller that decides…
Get the weekly Patentlyze email
We read every patent application Big Tech publishes and send you the ones worth knowing. Plain English, free, every week.