Samsung Patents a Camera That Switches Lenses Automatically When You Clip On an Accessory
Clip a lens attachment onto your Samsung phone and the camera reroutes itself to the right sensor without you lifting a finger.…
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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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Google Patent Uses Face Recognition to Auto-Correct Skin Tone Colors in Photos
Your phone's camera doesn't know what you actually look like. Google is patenting a system that does, and uses that knowledge to…
Samsung Patents a Camera Sensor That Recovers Color from Blown-Out Highlights
When part of a photo is so bright the camera just records white, color data is usually gone for good. Samsung's new…
Samsung Patents a Photo-Sharpening Method That Prevents Bright Rings Around Edges
Sharpening a photo sounds simple, but the standard technique leaves glowing rings around edges called halos. Samsung's new patent tries to fix…
Sony Patents a Fix for Uneven Dimming in Cameras With Swappable Lenses
Sony is patenting a way to automatically fix a known visual flaw that appears when a liquid crystal dimmer is placed in…
Sony Patent Uses Event-Based Sensors to Sharpen Imaging of Fast-Moving Cells
Photographing a single cell rushing through a laser beam is surprisingly hard. Sony thinks a type of sensor borrowed from high-speed robotics…
Google Patents a Compact Camera Lens Built to Capture Broad Scenes
Google has patented a specific wide-angle lens arrangement that keeps the front element unusually small relative to the overall lens length, a…
Qualcomm Patents Flat Camera Tech That Judges How Far Away Objects Are
What if you could get 3D depth sensing from a camera module that's essentially flat? That's the idea behind Qualcomm's new patent…
Sony Patents an Image Sensor That Knows When to Stop Collecting Light
Most camera sensors collect light for a fixed window of time and hope for the best. Sony's new patent describes a sensor…
Samsung Patent Covers Camera Lenses With Light-Filtering Coatings Built Into the Glass
Instead of adding a separate infrared-blocking glass piece to a camera, Samsung's new patent puts those filters directly onto the surfaces of…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Calibrates Once for Multiple Exposure Levels
Modern smartphone cameras often stitch together several exposures to nail a tricky scene, but each exposure usually demands its own calibration step,…
Samsung Patents Earbuds That Change What You Hear Based on Which Camera You're Using
Samsung is working on earbuds that pay attention to which camera on your phone is running, then automatically adjust how much of…
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