Apple Patent Reveals Object Tracking Technology Triggered by Audio and Motion Cues
Apple has filed a patent for a camera system that doesn't stare at a room all day at full intensity. Instead, it…
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Intel Patents a GPU Shortcut That Skips Redundant 3D Geometry Work
Intel has filed a patent describing a way for graphics chips to skip repeated calculations when drawing 3D scenes, by checking whether…
Samsung Patents a Camera Placement System for Phones That Fold Twice
Samsung is solving one of the hardest puzzles in foldable phone design: where do you put a front-facing camera when your screen…
Intel Patents an AI System That Fills in Dropped Game Frames Before You Notice
Games stutter when a frame takes too long to render, and Intel thinks the fix is an AI that notices the problem…
Samsung Patents a Way to Steer Reflected Speaker Sound Away From You
Samsung has filed a patent that lets a speaker deliberately cancel its own sound at your listening position, so that audio bouncing…
Sony Patents a Guide That Pinpoints Exactly What Is Draining Your Battery
Sony is patenting a step-by-step on-screen guide that tells you exactly which app or habit is hurting your phone battery, why it's…
Sony Patent Targets Avatar-Based Error Correction in Free-Viewpoint Sports Streams
Sony wants to stop those eerie, blurry distortions that appear when broadcasters let viewers pick their own camera angle. The fix, according…
Sony Patents a Light-Based Sensor That Reads Data Through Walls and Skin
Sony has filed a patent for a miniature laser that fires in the infrared range, the same light used in fiber-optic communications,…
Qualcomm Patents a Method to Cut Battery Drain When Recording Two Videos at Once
Running two video streams at once is a silent battery drain, Qualcomm's new patent tries to fix that by making two processor…
Qualcomm Patents a Shortcut That Lets Chips Talk Without Clogging Shared Bandwidth
Every time two chips in a server need to swap data, they often have to route it through a shared highway that…
Sony Patents a Three-Electrode System for Reading Body Signals More Accurately
Sony has filed a patent for a biosignal detection device that uses three electrodes placed at different spots on your body to…
Samsung Patents a Two-Sensor Method for Telling When You're Actually Wearing a Device
Your smartwatch's health readings are only as good as its ability to know it's touching your skin. Samsung has filed a patent…
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