Sony Patent Puts Tiny Ear Cup Fans Into VR Headsets
Sony Interactive Entertainment has patented headphones that don't just play sound into your ears, they blow air into them too, with fans…
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Sony Patent Fills in Object Shapes Hidden Behind Obstructions in Camera Images
When one object blocks part of another in a photo or live camera feed, a computer often has no idea what's hiding…
Sony Patents a Two-Direction Video Feed for Screens Joined Into One Large Display
Building a wall of screens usually means running a lot of cables. Sony's new patent describes a smarter wiring approach where each…
Intel Patents a Brain-Inspired Chip Approach to Finding the Fastest Route Through Complex Networks
Intel thinks the way to solve one of computing's most common problems, finding the shortest path through a web of connected points,…
Intel Files Patent for Robots Controlled by Plain-English Voice Commands
What if you could tell a robot to 'move smoothly to the left and slow down near the edge' and it actually…
Intel Patent Fixes Washed-Out Faces in Photos Taken Against Bright Light
Taking a photo of someone standing in front of a bright window almost always ends in disappointment: either their face is too…
Intel Patent Predicts Device Interrupts to Reduce Processor Power Waste
Instead of keeping a processor on standby waiting for a device to call, Intel wants the chip to predict exactly when that…
Intel Patents a Video Filter That Knows Which Parts of a Frame to Sharpen
Most video sharpening tools treat every pixel the same way, which means they accidentally sharpen things that were meant to look soft,…
Intel Patents a Self-Correcting Calibration Loop for Quantum Computer Qubits
Quantum computers are extraordinarily sensitive machines where the tiniest drift in a control signal can ruin a calculation. Intel's new patent describes…
Intel Patents a CPU Trick That Skips Instructions It Already Knows the Answer To
Intel has filed a patent for a processor technique that spots when a chunk of a program loop produces the same result…
Intel Patents a Chip That Hides Its Own Secret-Scrambling Work from Attackers
Most security chips protect the data going in and out, but Intel's new patent focuses on something sneakier: hiding what the chip…
AMD Patents Technology to Block Protected Video on Displays Failing Encryption Standards
If you have two monitors plugged into your PC and one of them is older or cheaper, a new ATI Technologies patent…
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