Sony Patents an Image Processor That Ignores the Parts of a Picture It Doesn’t Need
Most image processors crunch every pixel in a frame, whether it's relevant or not. Sony's new patent describes a chip that skips…
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AMD Patents a System That Learns Film Grain From Photos and Copies It Exactly
Film grain is one of those things that's easy to feel but surprisingly hard to fake. AMD has filed a patent for…
Disney Patents a System That Projects Live Video onto Moving Ride Cars
Disney has patented a way to turn the ride vehicle itself into a screen — projecting content directly onto moving cars and…
Sony's New Patent Lets Camera Pixels Share Storage to Capture More Light
Sony is patenting a way to link neighboring pixel circuits in a camera sensor so they can pool their charge-storage capacity —…
Sony Patents a Way to Stop Camera Pixels from Interfering with Each Other
Every time a digital camera converts light into data, it creates electrical noise that can corrupt nearby pixels. Sony's new patent describes…
Sony's New Patent Stops Electrical Noise from Making OLED Screens Flicker
Every OLED screen has a dirty little secret: the wires that carry image data also accidentally push and pull on the pixels…
Samsung's New Patent Gives Each Fold Its Own Protective Layer to Stop Cracking
Folding a screen once is hard enough — folding it twice, without the surface cracking or creasing unevenly, is an entirely different…
Samsung Patents a Pixel That Bounces Light Back Instead of Letting It Escape
Samsung is patenting a pixel design that essentially bounces light back through the sensor's detector instead of letting it escape — a…
Samsung's Latest Patent Pulls the Control Chip Off the Screen Itself
Samsung Display has filed a patent that physically separates the chip controlling a screen from the screen itself — both sitting on…
Samsung's New Patent Gives Red, Green, and Blue Pixels Their Own Resting Voltage
Every pixel on your screen sits at a resting voltage between frames — and Samsung thinks setting a different resting point for…
Samsung's New Patent Rethinks What's Inside a Foldable Screen to Help It Last Longer
Samsung Display is patenting a way to slot a specially chosen material directly into the cushion layer beneath a display panel —…
Samsung's New Patent Fixes the Mismatched Tiles on Giant LED Video Walls
Ever noticed how a big LED video wall sometimes looks like it was assembled from mismatched parts — some tiles brighter, some…
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