Apple Patents a Self-Monitoring Antenna System That Knows When to Switch Frequencies
Every phone has multiple antennas, and picking the wrong one at the wrong moment can destroy your call quality. Apple is filing…
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Samsung Patents an AI System That Makes Phone GPS More Accurate
GPS on your phone is often wrong by several meters, especially in cities. Samsung is training an AI to figure out which…
Sony Patents a Split Game Controller That Squeezes Onto Your Phone
Sony has filed a patent for a two-piece game controller that grips your phone from both sides, held together by a flexible…
Sony Patents a Detection System That Spots Changes by Counting Light Pulses in Time Slots
Most cameras capture everything and sort it out later. Sony's new patent describes a sensor circuit that only triggers when something in…
Samsung Patents a Display That Rolls Itself Into Position When You Add Another Screen
Samsung has filed a patent for a display unit that can physically drive itself across the floor using built-in wheels and motors,…
Apple Patents a Laptop Display That Hides a Camera Inside the Screen
Apple has filed a patent describing a laptop display where the camera, speaker, or other components sit inside a small pocket carved…
Disney Patents Drones That Switch to a Backup Show Script Mid-Flight
Drone light shows look effortless, but the gap between where a drone is supposed to be and where it actually is can…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Reads Text Instructions to Move Robot Arms in 3D
What if a robot arm could read "pick up the red cup" and figure out exactly where in 3D space to move,…
Intel Patents an AI System That Picks the Right Chip for Every Car Screen Task
Modern cars run two kinds of graphics chips at once, and most systems don't know which one to use for a given…
Sony Patents Headphones That Physically Switch Between Open and Closed Sound
Audiophiles have long had to choose between open-back headphones (airy, natural sound, no isolation) and closed-back ones (punchy bass, blocks out the…
IBM Patents a System for Drones to Share Battery Power Mid-Flight
When a drone in a fleet runs low on battery, IBM's new patent proposes a solution that sounds almost neighborly: have another…
Sony Patents a Way to Stream 3D Object Scans Without Re-Sending Unchanged Data
Streaming a full 3D scan of an object every single frame is expensive. Sony's new patent cuts that cost by flagging the…
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