Samsung Patents a Smartwatch Design That Stops Its Own Hardware From Cutting Off Wireless Signals
Fitting a reliable antenna inside a metal-framed smartwatch is harder than it looks, and the circuit board is often the culprit. Samsung's…
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Sony Patents a Self-Cleaning Gas Sensor That Identifies Specific Toxic Gases
Most gas sensors tell you that something is wrong with the air. Sony's new patent takes aim at a harder problem: telling…
Sony Files Patent for a Third-Sensor Method That Aligns Mixed Camera and Scanner Arrays
Getting two sensors to agree on where they are in space is one of the quiet hard problems in robotics and autonomous…
Samsung Patents a Touchscreen That Can Guide External Devices to Their Own Position
Samsung has filed a patent for a touchscreen that does two jobs at once: detecting your finger as usual, and simultaneously broadcasting…
Intel Patents a Layered Video Decoder That Sharpens Footage Tile by Tile
Every video stream you watch is a tradeoff between quality and processing cost. Intel's new patent describes a way to squeeze sharper…
Sony Patents a System That Turns Off AI Chip Memory the Moment It's Done With It
Most AI chips keep their memory fully powered even when the data inside has already been used. Sony's new patent describes a…
Nvidia Patents a System for Watching Dozens of Processors at Once
Managing a data center full of chips usually means checking each one in turn, a slow and error-prone process. Nvidia's new patent…
Google Patent: Reusing CPU Vector Instructions to Accelerate AI Matrix Operations
Google has patented a way to let a processor do matrix math, the kind that powers AI models, without adding new silicon.…
Samsung Patents a Lower-Power Way to Lock Onto GPS Signals Faster
GPS receivers have to search through dozens of possible frequencies at once just to find a satellite signal. Samsung's new patent describes…
Sony Patents a System That Stops Multiple Cameras From Blinding Each Other
When two light sensors fire at the same moment, they can blind each other. Sony's new patent describes a controller that decides…
Google Patents a Tunable Switch That Connects Quantum Bits With Less Hardware
Building a quantum computer isn't just about making better qubits, it's about connecting them cleanly without burying the whole system in control…
Qualcomm Patents a Graphics Chip That Converts Video Data Mid-Process Without Pausing
Every GPU juggles two incompatible ways of storing image data, and switching between them usually means stopping to reformat everything first. Qualcomm's…
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