Apple Patents a Battery Case Design With Reinforced Side Walls
Apple is rethinking the metal box that holds your phone's battery cells, making the sides thicker than the top and bottom plates…
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Samsung Patents a TV That Tells Its Source Box What to Stream Next During Split-Screen
Split-screen TV sounds simple, but keeping two or more video feeds smooth at the same time is a juggling act. Samsung's latest…
Apple Patents a Camera That Records in Higher Quality Only When Something Interesting Appears
Apple is working on a camera system that watches what you're recording and automatically kicks into higher quality the moment something worth…
New Apple Patent Rethinks Camera Wiring and Stabilization
Inside every camera with optical image stabilization, there's a tiny platform that floats and shifts to cancel out shaky hands. Apple's new…
Apple Patents Screen Touch Detection That Keeps Working When Water Gets On It
Touchscreens and water have never gotten along well. Apple is working on a fix built directly into the display's light sensors.
Apple Patents Glasses That Automatically Tighten Their Grip on Your Nose
Apple is working on eyewear that can sense when it's slipping and physically clamp down on your nose to stay in place.…
Apple Patents a Stylus That Changes How It Tracks Itself When It Touches a Surface
When a stylus touches a surface, one dimension of movement becomes irrelevant. Apple has filed a patent for a tracking system smart…
Waymo Patents a Camera That Floods the Dark with Invisible Light
Waymo has filed a patent for a compact camera module that uses near-infrared LEDs to illuminate a scene without any visible light,…
Google Patents a Way to Run Touch Sensors Across a Display's Full Edge-to-Edge Surface
Modern phone screens still can't quite reach the very edge of the glass because the electronics that drive the pixels get in…
Google Patents a Fingerprint Scanner That Fixes Blurry Scans Caused by Moving Your Finger
You press your thumb on your phone's screen a little too fast, and it fails to recognize you. Google is patenting a…
Microsoft Patents a Laptop Hinge Whose Pivot Point Moves as You Open It
Most laptop hinges rotate around a fixed point. Microsoft is patenting one where the pivot itself slides as you open the screen,…
Microsoft Patents a System That Scrubs Camera Sensor Noise From Photos Automatically
Every digital camera sensor leaks a tiny amount of electricity even in total darkness, and that leak corrupts your photos. Microsoft has…
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