Filing: Two Clocks in Every Photo End Arguments Over When It Was Taken
Every photo you take has a timestamp, but that timestamp is only as trustworthy as your camera's clock. Sony's new patent wants…
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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 Drone Camera You Aim by Tilting Your Hand
Sony wants to let drone pilots aim the camera just by moving their hand or wrist, no joystick fiddling required. A simple…
Samsung Patents a Shoulder Camera That Follows Your Arm Without Any Motors
Samsung is working on a camera mount that sits on your shoulder and repositions itself purely by following your arm movements, no…
Samsung Patents a System to Keep Camera Lenses Stable During Autofocus
Auto-focus sounds instant, but inside your phone there's a tiny lens physically moving back and forth thousands of times a day. Samsung…
Samsung Patents a Detachable Lens Cap That Keeps Unwanted Light Out of VR Headsets
Light leaking around the edges of a headset lens is one of those small but annoying problems that pulls you out of…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Stabilizes Shots by Moving Only Half Its Lenses
Samsung is rethinking how a phone camera fights blur by splitting its lens stack in two, moving only part of it when…
Apple Patents a Camera-Based System for Swapping Smart Home Controllers
Setting up a new smart home hub usually means wrestling with apps, resetting devices, and re-pairing everything from scratch. Apple's latest patent…
Google Patents a Parking System That Finds Open Spots Using Sound and Vibration
Google has filed a patent for a parking detection system that doesn't need cameras or per-space sensors — instead, it listens. A…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Test Camera Stitching Before Real Sensors Are Used
When you stitch together video from multiple cameras, the seams between them are the problem. Nvidia's new patent tries to fix those…
Samsung Patents a Camera Fix That Corrects Uneven Brightness When the Lens Moves
Every smartphone camera has a hidden calibration table that corrects uneven brightness across the frame — but that table assumes the lens…
Samsung Patents a More Efficient Way to Count Light in Single-Photon Camera Sensors
Samsung is patenting a new way to tally incoming light at the single-photon level — one digit at a time — which…
Samsung Patents a Dual Light-Blocking Shield Camera Design to Cut Lens Glare
Lens flare and stray light are silent photo killers — and Samsung is filing patents on a physical fix built right into…
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