Apple Patents a Two-Layer Glass Treatment to Make iPhone Screens Tougher
Apple is working on a new way to toughen the glass cover on its devices by stacking two different chemical treatments into…
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Apple Patents a System That Stores 3D Scene Data in Less Memory Without Losing Detail
Ray tracing looks incredible but it's brutally expensive on memory bandwidth. Apple's new patent describes a way to store 3D geometry in…
Apple Patents a Gesture Shortcut to Bring Voices Forward on AirPods
Apple is trying to make it faster to hear the person in front of you when you're wearing AirPods. A new patent…
Google Splits AI Noise Cancellation Between Earbuds and Phone in New Patent
Your earbuds don't have enough computing power to fully clean up your audio on their own. Google's latest patent describes a way…
Microsoft Patents a Camera That Moves Its Own Sensor in Six Directions
Most cameras stabilize a shot by moving the lens. Microsoft's new patent flips that idea and moves the image sensor instead, using…
Meta Files Patent for Wristband Combining EMG Muscle Tracking and Heart Rate Monitoring
Meta wants to put two very different body sensors in the same wristband capsule and make sure they never step on each…
Nvidia Patents a System That Keeps Video Sharp While Cutting File Size
Nvidia is patenting a smarter way to compress video: scan the footage once to build a plan, then scan it again to…
Nvidia Patents a Camera Chip Circuit That Rewires Itself for Different AI Tasks
Camera chips are normally fixed at the factory, doing the same image cleanup steps every time. Nvidia has patented a way to…
Samsung Patents a Speaker System That Adjusts Sound Automatically When You Unfold Your Phone
When two speakers are crammed close together, they can cancel each other out and make audio sound thin and weak. Samsung's new…
Samsung Patent Details Display Wear Data Compression Method to Reduce Memory Usage
Every pixel on an OLED screen gradually wears out, and Samsung's displays already track that wear. This patent is about squeezing all…
Samsung Patents a Display That Changes How It Scans Its Own Pixels to Cut Power
Samsung is patenting a display controller that can detect a specific pixel pattern on screen and automatically switch between two different ways…
New Display Patent Tackles Screen Flicker When Devices Slow Down to Save Battery
One of the trickiest problems in modern OLED screens is keeping the image stable when the display deliberately slows down to save…
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