Apple Patents a Gain Curve System for Smarter HDR Image Sharing
Ever sent a photo that looked stunning on your iPhone but washed out or over-bright on someone else's screen? Apple's new patent…
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Microsoft Patents Motion-Compensated Compression for 3D Point Cloud Video
Your phone's video codec has used motion compensation for decades — storing only what changed between frames instead of every pixel every…
Meta Patents Frequency-Band Volume Control for Head-Wearable Devices
Instead of just turning everything up when it's loud, Meta's new patent describes a smarter approach: analyzing ambient noise across individual frequency…
Google Patents a Smooth-Zoom System That Fixes Jumpy Camera Previews
Anyone who's used a phone camera knows the jarring jump when you zoom in — the preview stutters, shifts, or snaps to…
Google Patents a Speed-Sensitive Rotary Crown for Smartwatches
Spin the crown on Google's hypothetical smartwatch slowly, and it scrolls carefully. Spin it fast, and it leaps — because the software…
Google Patents a Hybrid Auto-Focus System That Prioritizes Close-Up Subjects
Getting a sharp photo of something small and close — a flower petal, an insect, a piece of food — is surprisingly…
Nvidia Patents a Bird's Eye View Generator for Embedded Vision Systems
Nvidia has filed a patent describing a way to convert raw stereo camera depth data into a bird's eye view image —…
Tesla Patents a Visualization Tool for Wafer-Scale Computing Systems
Tesla is quietly building tools to manage computing systems so large they span entire silicon wafers — and this patent is about…
Apple Patents Scheduled 5G Upload Gaps to Sense How Close Your iPhone Is to Your Body
Your iPhone doesn't always know whether it's sitting in your hand, pressed against your ear, or stuffed in your jacket pocket —…
Meta Patents a Metal-Sheathed Camera Lens Assembly for AR Glasses
Meta is patenting a very specific way to wrap a camera lens in metal — and the tiny air gap built into…
Apple Patents a System That Lets Chips Detect and Fix Their Own Stress
Apple is patenting a way for its chips to continuously monitor their own operating conditions — and automatically dial things back before…
Apple Patents a Digital-Counting Approach to Measuring RF Signal Power
Apple is rethinking how radios measure signal power — swapping out analog circuitry for a digital counting trick that's more precise and…
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