Sony Patents a Camera Lens That Controls Light Differently Across Its Surface
Sony is patenting a lens surface covered in tiny bumps or pits that scatter light at different intensities depending on where on…
1960 filings · category
Hardware patents
The Big Tech patents worth knowing in hardware, in plain English. Updated weekly from new USPTO publications.
Recent filings
1960 total
Samsung Patents an Air Conditioner That Adjusts Based on Where You Move
Samsung is patenting an air conditioner that watches how you move around a room and adjusts the temperature automatically based on where…
Sony Patents a Camera System That Fixes the Wrong Image on a Screen Mid-Shoot
When multiple cameras shoot the same screen at the same time, each one ideally sees content tailored to its own angle. Sony's…
Google Patents Radar Gesture Detection That Works Without Touching Anything
Google is patenting a way for smart devices to recognize hand gestures from up to two meters away using radar, with no…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Save Your Phone's State When the Battery Is Pulled
Most phones today have sealed batteries, but Qualcomm is solving a problem for the ones that don't: what happens to everything you…
Google Patent: Correcting Quantum Computing Errors During Active Mid-Cycle Operations
Quantum computers make mistakes constantly, and catching those mistakes early enough to fix them is one of the hardest unsolved problems in…
Sony's Patent Teaches Cameras To Fix Their Own Data Errors Automatically
Sony has patented a camera that can sense when its own data processing is going wrong and automatically switch to a different…
Sony Patents a Dual-Coil Speaker Driver That Squeezes More Sound from a Small Magnet
Sony has filed a patent for a speaker driver that runs two coils simultaneously through a redesigned magnetic gap, a mechanical trick…
Sony Patents Audio Tech That Sends Different Sound Layers to Each Ear
Sony has filed a patent for a technique that chops audio into frequency bands, flips the phase of some of them, and…
Samsung Patents a Two-Device System for Cleaner Call Audio
Your earbuds already try to scrub out background noise, but Samsung thinks your phone should be doing half that job too. A…
Samsung Patents Technology to Switch Earbuds Between Phones Without Resetting Them
Every time you try to pair a set of earbuds with a new phone, there's a decent chance you're about to spend…
Sony Patent Lets Shared Camera Pixels Keep Individual Light Sensitivity Controls
Camera sensors cram millions of tiny light-catching pixels into a tight space, and sharing circuitry between them is a common space-saving trick.…
Get the weekly Patentlyze email
We read every patent application Big Tech publishes and send you the ones worth knowing. Plain English, free, every week.