Qualcomm Patents a Camera That Follows Your Eyes to Decide What to Capture
What if your camera already knew what you were about to look at — and started focusing there before you even pressed…
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Qualcomm Patents a System That Syncs Your Screen's Refresh Rate to What Apps Actually Draw
Your phone's screen often refreshes 120 times per second even when the app it's showing can only produce 30 frames per second…
Sony Patents a Camera That Shrinks Unedited Photo Files Based on Your Intended Print Size
Sony's new patent describes a camera that decides how much to compress a RAW photo file based on how big the final…
Sony Patents a Device That Makes Your Body Feel Motion That Isn't There
Imagine holding a game controller that makes you feel like you're accelerating, turning, or falling — without any of those things actually…
Patent: See Exactly How Controller Sensitivity Tweaks Change Your Input in Real Time
Analog stick drift and miscalibration are among the most complained-about problems in gaming. Sony is quietly patenting a smarter way to tune…
Sony Patents a System That Moves Objects by Tracking Where You Look
Sony is exploring a way to let your eyes do the controlling — a system that figures out what you're looking at…
Sony Patents a Robot Navigation System That Imagines What's Around the Corner
Before taking a step, Sony's patented system has a robot mentally simulate what it would see if it shifted its position or…
Intel Patents a Chip That Sorts AI Decisions Instantly Without Software Help
Intel is patenting a purpose-built chip circuit that runs a classic AI technique — the random forest — entirely in hardware, without…
Intel Patents a Tool That Shifts Camera Angles in 3D Scenes to Train AI
Intel has patented a way to make a GPU automatically capture and subtly reposition the camera angle of a 3D scene —…
Intel Patents Screen Technology That Controls Each Tiny Light Dot Individually
Micro-LED screens are widely considered the next big leap in display quality — but getting each tiny light to behave precisely is…
Intel Patents a Technique to Smooth Rough Edges on 3D Graphics Lines
Thin lines in 3D scenes — think wireframes, UI elements, or road markings in a game — have a notorious habit of…
Intel Patents a Chip That Automatically Sends Tasks to the Right Processor
Modern chips don't just have one kind of processor anymore — they have several, each good at different jobs. Intel's new patent…
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