Google Patents a Way for the Stronger Earbud to Rescue the Weaker One Mid-Call
When one earbud loses its Bluetooth signal mid-call, the other one usually just gives up — Google's new patent describes a smarter…
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Google Patents a Glasses-Free 3D Screen That Works No Matter Where You Sit
Google is working on a 3D display that doesn't need glasses — and unlike older autostereoscopic screens, it's designed to work across…
Apple's New Patent Lets an Input Device Know When You've Picked It Up
Apple is working on an input device that can tell whether it's lying flat on a desk or propped up at an…
Apple Patents a Stylus Whose Tip Can Feel Like a Brush, Pencil, or Marker
Apple is exploring a stylus that doesn't just draw — it physically changes the stiffness and resistance of its tip to mimic…
Apple's New Patent Stops You From Holding Your Phone the Wrong Way for 3D Video
Shooting spatial video wrong is easy — you hold the phone in portrait when you should be in landscape, and the 3D…
Adobe Patents a Way to Stop Animated Characters from Moving Like Robots
Keyframe animation has always been a game of connect-the-dots — you set a start pose, an end pose, and hope the software…
Samsung Patents an Antenna That Wraps Around the Camera to Save Space
As smartphone cameras keep growing, they're eating up the real estate that antennas need. Samsung's latest patent tackles that trade-off head-on by…
Samsung Patents a Camera Sensor That Captures Photos Two Ways at Once
Samsung is patenting a camera sensor that shoots in two different shutter modes simultaneously and merges the results — a practical attempt…
Nvidia's New Patent Teaches Machines to See Objects by Listening to Them
Nvidia is patenting a way to use neural networks to extract image-like object features directly from audio — essentially letting a system…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Stop Flickering Artifacts in Real-Time Graphics
Random noise in rendered images isn't all bad — but the wrong kind of noise creates ugly, flickering artifacts. Nvidia's new patent…
Apple Patents a Hinge That Keeps a Foldable Phone Folding Smoothly
Apple's latest patent digs deep into the mechanical guts of a foldable device hinge — describing a multi-axis roller system with interlocking…
Nvidia Patents an API That Kicks Off Matrix Math Before the Data Fully Arrives
Nvidia is patenting a way to let its processors start crunching matrix math before all the input data has even finished loading…
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