Sony's New Patent Encodes Game Video by Region Using Hidden Image Data
Sony has found a way to teach a video encoder which parts of a frame deserve more care, by hiding instructions inside…
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Qualcomm Patents Faster Camera Technology That Measures How Far Away Objects Are
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a depth-sensing system that can shift gears mid-frame, doing a full pixel scan when it needs…
Samsung Patents a TV That Auto-Crops Short Videos to Fit a Split Screen
Samsung is working on a TV interface that plays multiple short-form video playlists side by side and silently fixes the moment a…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Shoots Video and Detects Motion at the Same Time
Samsung has filed a patent for an image sensor that pairs a standard color-capturing pixel with a motion-detecting pixel inside every group,…
Samsung Patents a Foldable Phone That Shows You Where to Place It on a Wireless Charger
Wireless charging on a foldable phone is trickier than it sounds, the coil is only in one half of the device, and…
Sony Patent: Camera Pixels That Switch Between Image Capture and Motion Detection
Sony has filed a patent for a camera sensor where every single pixel can act either as a traditional image-grabber or as…
Samsung Patents a Layered Wiring Layout That Keeps Touchscreens Reading Your Taps Accurately
Every time a touchscreen misreads your tap, there's a good chance the culprit is where two sensing wires cross inside the panel.…
Apple Patents a Ceramic Cover Layer for Foldable Phone Screens
Ceramic is famously hard and brittle, the opposite of what you want in a phone that folds in half. Apple is working…
Samsung Patents a Way to Block Electrical Interference Inside Touchscreens
Every touchscreen hides a web of tiny wires routing signals from your fingertip to the processor, and those wires can pick up…
Samsung Patents a Fix That Stops Background Tasks From Making Screens Stutter
Every time your TV or phone freezes mid-animation, there's a good chance a background process is hogging a resource the display needs.…
Samsung Patents a Hinge That Keeps Both Foldable Screens Crease-Free and Aligned
Folding a phone sounds simple, but getting two separate display panels to bend without creasing or buckling requires a hinge that does…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Screen Device Where the Gap Between Two Displays Is the Feature
Samsung is exploring a device that sandwiches two screens together, then mechanically slides them apart or closer to change how the combined…
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