Sony Patents a Camera That Uses Flickering Light Bands to Build Richer Images
Sony is patenting a camera system that rapidly pulses different types of light at a subject and then uses the timing of…
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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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Disney Patent Reveals a Smart Camera Trigger That Waits for the Perfect Shot
Disney has patented a camera setup where one small 'watcher' camera monitors a scene and automatically fires a bigger, better camera only…
Qualcomm Patents a Camera Self-Calibration Method Using Cylindrical Image Wrapping
When a camera on a car or phone is even slightly tilted, every reading it feeds to a navigation or detection system…
Samsung Patent Details Robot Vacuum and Phone Camera Collaboration for 3D Home Mapping
Your robot vacuum already knows the floor plan of your home. Samsung's new patent asks: what if your phone's camera could turn…
Sony Patents a 3D Scanner That Does a Rough Pass Before the Real One
Sony is patenting a way to make 3D scanning faster and more precise by doing a rough draft scan first, then using…
Sony's New Patent Bakes a Proof-of-Authenticity Link Into Every Photo at the Moment It's Taken
As AI-generated images flood the internet, Sony is filing patents for a way to give every camera-captured photo its own built-in proof…
Microsoft's New Patent Teaches Depth Cameras to Stop Confusing Near and Far Objects
Time-of-flight cameras measure distance by timing how long a pulse of light takes to bounce back, but they have a fundamental quirk:…
Samsung's New Patent Takes Extra Photos Behind the Scenes, at Better Settings
Samsung is working on a camera system that doesn't just take the photo you asked for, it secretly takes extra shots at…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Switches How It Captures Motion on Its Own
Your phone's camera already makes dozens of decisions every time you tap the shutter button. Samsung is now patenting a system that…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Tunes Its Light-Blocking Layers Per Color
Light bouncing around inside a camera sensor before it hits the right spot is one of the main reasons photos look washed…
Samsung Patents Camera Sensor Technology That Sharpens Photos at the Microscopic Level
Samsung is filing patents on a new way to focus light inside a camera sensor, replacing or supplementing traditional curved lenses with…
Qualcomm Patents a System for Tracking Visual Features Across Camera Frames
Knowing where an object was in one camera frame is useful. Knowing where it will appear in the next frame, before you…
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