Qualcomm Patents a Way to Blend Sharp and Blurry VR Image Zones at the Chip Level
VR headsets already cheat by rendering the center of your vision in sharp detail and the edges in lower quality. Qualcomm's new…
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Sony Patents a Two-Fence Safety Zone for Guiding Drones and Robots Around Objects
Instead of giving a drone or robot one boundary to respect, Sony's patent describes wrapping a target object in two separate invisible…
Microsoft's New Patent Covers Technology That Reads Text Characters in Parallel
Every time a computer reads structured text, it moves through it one character at a time, each step waiting on the last.…
AMD Patents a Way to Trim GPU Memory Waste in Ray-Traced Games
Every ray-traced game secretly wastes GPU memory preparing for hardware it may never meet. AMD has filed a patent for a system…
Qualcomm Patents a Self-Correcting Method for Generating Images That Look Photographed
Qualcomm's latest patent describes a graphics processor that renders a 3D scene, checks its own work against a quality target, then re-renders…
Samsung Patents a Display That Dims Individual Pixels Based on Their Temperature
Burn-in, the ghost of a channel logo permanently etched into your screen, has plagued OLED displays for years. Samsung's new patent describes…
Samsung Patents a Device That Tracks Your Health Signs After You Take Medication
Most medication apps let you log a pill and move on. Samsung's new patent describes a device that keeps watching what happens…
Qualcomm Patents Wireless Remote Control for Earbud Noise-Canceling Modes
Your earbuds blocking out the world is great, until someone needs your attention and you have to fumble for a button. Qualcomm…
Sony Patents a System That Automatically Quiets Audio You Can't Hear Anyway
Your brain already filters out sounds that get buried under louder ones. Sony wants its hardware to do the same thing before…
Samsung Patents a Device That Converts Audio So Your TV and Speakers Work Together
Wireless speakers and TVs often speak different audio languages, and the result is silence or distortion. Samsung has filed a patent for…
Qualcomm Patents a Voice Verification System That Adjusts When Your Speaker Is Playing
Every time you say "Hey Google" or "Hey Siri" while music is playing, the device is trying to recognize your voice while…
AMD Patents a Way to Show Visuals on Screen Before Your PC Finishes Booting
That blank screen you stare at while your PC boots could soon be a thing of the past. AMD has filed a…
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