Samsung Patents an Image Sensor Design That Bridges Pixel Charge-Storage Regions
Every pixel in a digital camera has a tiny charge-storage pocket, and electrical interference in that pocket is one of the main…
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Sony Patent: Spectral Camera Chips Selectively Stream Only Necessary Pixel Data
Sony's latest patent describes a sensor chip that doesn't always send everything it sees, on alternating frames, it deliberately skips data it…
Sony Patents a Camera System That Fixes the Wrong Image on a Screen Mid-Shoot
When multiple cameras shoot the same screen at the same time, each one ideally sees content tailored to its own angle. Sony's…
Google Patents Radar Gesture Detection That Works Without Touching Anything
Google is patenting a way for smart devices to recognize hand gestures from up to two meters away using radar, with no…
Sony Patent Lets Shared Camera Pixels Keep Individual Light Sensitivity Controls
Camera sensors cram millions of tiny light-catching pixels into a tight space, and sharing circuitry between them is a common space-saving trick.…
Apple Patents a Display System That Adjusts Colors for Color-Blind Users
About 300 million people worldwide have some form of color vision deficiency, and Apple is patenting a pixel-level approach to making screens…
Samsung Patent Filing Targets Projector Distortion on Uneven or Irregular Surfaces
Most projectors demand a flat, white wall to look good. Samsung's new patent describes a projector that scans its own target surface…
Samsung Patents a Display That Automatically Reads Your Health Stats When Ready
Samsung is patenting a display that tracks whether you're in the right state to have your health data read, then takes the…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Skip Blank Pixels to Speed Up AI Image Processing
Most AI image models waste time doing math on pixels that barely matter. Nvidia's new patent describes a way to filter those…
Samsung Patents a Folded Zoom Camera Design That Captures Sharper Distant Shots
Getting a powerful zoom camera into a phone thin enough to pocket means bending light sideways and stacking precisely shaped lenses in…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Keeps Rotating Graphics Sharp During On-Screen Animations
Every frame on your phone screen is really a stack of overlapping layers, and Qualcomm thinks the chip doing the rendering can…
Samsung Patents a Speaker System That Rebalances Audio When Your Screen Slides Out
When a phone screen slides or rolls out to get bigger, the speakers that were perfectly placed for a compact device suddenly…
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