Samsung Patents a Tri-Fold Phone That Cancels Accidental Touches When You Open It
Tri-fold phones have a unique problem: if you tap something on one panel and then open another panel a split second later,…
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Qualcomm Patents a Fix That Keeps Memory Calculations Faster When Chips Think for Themselves
Qualcomm is patenting a system that lets a processor use two completely different rules for addressing memory depending on what kind of…
Sony Patents Factory Sensor That Spots Tiny Cracks the Moment They Appear
Sony has filed a patent for a surface-inspection system that replaces slow, frame-by-frame cameras with a sensor that only reacts when something…
Disney Patents a System That Tracks Ride Vehicles Between Sensor Points
Disney has filed a patent for a system that knows where a ride vehicle is even when no sensor is directly watching…
Tesla Patents a Soda Ash HVAC Filter That Stops Bacteria Growing in Your Car
Tesla wants to stop bacteria and mold from taking root in your car's air filter by coating it with soda ash, a…
Apple Patents a True Optical Zoom Lens That Fits Inside a Thin Phone
Getting a real optical zoom into a phone camera is hard because zoom lenses need room to move. Apple is patenting a…
Google Patents Earbuds That Use Ear-Canal Sound to Track Chewing, Sleep, and Jaw Grinding
Your earbuds already play music into your ear canal. Google wants to bounce sound off the canal walls too, and use the…
Meta Patents a Chip-Level Mute Switch That Software Cannot Override
Every mic and camera privacy promise on a consumer device ultimately runs on software that can be patched, hacked, or silently updated.…
OpenAI Patents a Way to Search AI Memory Without Moving All the Data
Every time an AI assistant looks something up in its knowledge base, it has to haul enormous amounts of data out of…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Find Nearby Devices Using a Phone's Own Microphones
Your phone's microphones might do a lot more than record your voice. Qualcomm has filed a patent describing a way to use…
Sony Patents a Screen That Shows Two Different People Two Completely Different Images at Once
One screen, one moment, two completely different images: Sony is working on a display that can show a full 3D experience to…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Reads Multiple Fingerprints Through a Display at Once
Most phones today can read one fingerprint through the screen. Qualcomm is patenting the plumbing that lets a single chip coordinate several…
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