Nvidia Patents a Fix for Grainy, Computer-Generated Images of Curved Surfaces
Ray tracing makes scenes look stunning, but it introduces visual noise that has to be cleaned up afterward. Nvidia's new patent tackles…
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Sony Files Patent for a Display System That Controls How Often LEDs Switch Off
Sony is patenting a way to precisely manage how frequently the LEDs in a display array blink off, a subtle but important…
Patent: Two Types of Camera Pixels Work Together for Faster, Richer Video
Sony is designing a camera sensor where some pixels act as a rapid-response early-warning system, telling the rest of the sensor how…
Samsung Patents a Self-Correcting Brightness System for Modular LED Displays
Anyone who has stood in front of a large LED video wall and noticed faint stripes or uneven brightness patches knows the…
Sony Files Patent to Accurately Reproduce Camera Colors Across Any Display
Colors look different on your camera screen than they do in real life, and different again on your TV or monitor. Sony…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Captures Bright and Dark Areas at the Same Time
Shooting a photo into a bright window and losing all the shadow detail is one of the oldest frustrations in photography. Samsung's…
Patent Targets the Invisible Errors That Corrupt Color and Detail in Digital Photos
Every digital camera sensor has a noise problem baked into its hardware. Sony's latest patent describes a circuit-level trick to reduce that…
Samsung Patents a Display That Moves Your Cursor With Body Movements
Samsung is patenting a way to move a cursor on a screen not with a mouse or touchpad, but by moving your…
Microsoft Patents a Display Film That Absorbs Specific Colors on Demand
Your screen looks washed out in sunlight and bleeds light in a dark room. Microsoft is patenting a film that can selectively…
Samsung Patents a Display That Corrects Its Own Brightness the Instant It Turns On
Every time you turn on a screen, there's a brief window where the display's brightness compensation is flying blind. Samsung's new patent…
Sony Patents a Camera Chip That Activates Only When Lighting Conditions Change
Most camera sensors capture every frame at a fixed rate, whether anything interesting is happening or not. Sony's new patent describes a…
Samsung Patents Technology That Smooths Blurry Edges Between Video Frames
When a video codec mixes two different compression strategies in neighboring image blocks, ugly artifacts can appear along the border. Samsung's new…
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