Intel Patents a Face-Tracking System That Decides When Your Camera Should Refocus
Your camera's autofocus can be its own worst enemy, constantly hunting for focus when nothing important has changed. Intel's new patent describes…
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Samsung Patents a Finger-Worn Device That Broadcasts Its Location When Lost
Samsung is patenting a way for its smart ring to automatically stop acting like a health sensor and start acting like a…
Microsoft Patents a Hinge That Keeps Both Halves of a Folding PC Moving in Sync
Folding devices live or die by their hinge, and Microsoft is filing patents on a mechanism designed to keep both halves of…
Sony Patent Links Camera Frames to Cut Junk Data in 3D Scanning
Every time a camera builds a 3D model of an object, it tends to pick up a bunch of noise and floating…
Qualcomm Patents a Display Tool That Shifts Colors Into Range for Color-Blind Users
About 300 million people worldwide have some form of color vision deficiency, and most displays do nothing about it. Qualcomm's new patent…
Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Splits Charge Storage Across Two Regions
Samsung is rethinking how image sensors store the electrical charge that light creates, filing a patent for a design that uses two…
Intel Patents a Cut in the Data Searched to Produce Lifelike Shadows and Reflections
Ray tracing makes game lighting look incredible, but it's brutally expensive for GPUs. Intel's new patent targets one of the biggest hidden…
Sony Patents a Projector That Automatically Blocks Unwanted Duplicate Images From Appearing
When you bend light to create a holographic image, physics tends to produce unwanted duplicate images as a side effect. Sony's new…
IBM Patents a System for Building Snake Robots Out of Smaller Independent Bots
IBM is patenting a system where a group of small, self-contained robots can physically link together to form one long snake-like machine,…
AMD Patents Technology That Keeps Its Chips Working Without Waiting for Instructions
Most AI chips sit around waiting for a CPU to tell them what to do next. AMD's new patent flips that relationship,…
Intel Patents a Two-Track System for Real-Time Video Call Effects
Fancy video call effects like background relighting or face touch-ups usually cost you CPU cycles and introduce lag. Intel's new patent describes…
Amazon Patents a Safety System That Stops Robots From Overheating Themselves
A robot that pushes too hard can burn out a motor, strip a joint, or worse, hurt someone nearby. Amazon's newest patent…
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