Sony Patent Links Visual Feature Data Directly to 3D Point Cloud Maps
Sony's semiconductor division is patenting a way to combine two things that usually live in separate systems: a 3D map of a…
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Sony Patent Targets Dynamic Temperature-Based Sensor Error Correction Adjustment
Every image sensor gets noisier as it heats up, and Sony's latest patent attacks that problem at the chip level by dynamically…
Sony Patent Stacks Three Chips to Shrink Distance-Sensing Camera Designs
Sony has filed a patent for a distance sensor that squeezes three specialized chips into one compact stack, potentially making the kind…
Sony Patents a Video Player That Sets Its Own Memory From the Footage's Encoded Instructions
Every video decoder needs a holding area, called a buffer, to catch incoming data before it can display a picture. Sony's new…
Sony Patent Puts Tiny Ear Cup Fans Into VR Headsets
Sony Interactive Entertainment has patented headphones that don't just play sound into your ears, they blow air into them too, with fans…
Sony Patent Fills in Object Shapes Hidden Behind Obstructions in Camera Images
When one object blocks part of another in a photo or live camera feed, a computer often has no idea what's hiding…
Sony Patents a Two-Direction Video Feed for Screens Joined Into One Large Display
Building a wall of screens usually means running a lot of cables. Sony's new patent describes a smarter wiring approach where each…
Intel Patents a Brain-Inspired Chip Approach to Finding the Fastest Route Through Complex Networks
Intel thinks the way to solve one of computing's most common problems, finding the shortest path through a web of connected points,…
Intel Patent Fixes Washed-Out Faces in Photos Taken Against Bright Light
Taking a photo of someone standing in front of a bright window almost always ends in disappointment: either their face is too…
Intel Patent Predicts Device Interrupts to Reduce Processor Power Waste
Instead of keeping a processor on standby waiting for a device to call, Intel wants the chip to predict exactly when that…
Intel Patents a Video Filter That Knows Which Parts of a Frame to Sharpen
Most video sharpening tools treat every pixel the same way, which means they accidentally sharpen things that were meant to look soft,…
Intel Patents a Self-Correcting Calibration Loop for Quantum Computer Qubits
Quantum computers are extraordinarily sensitive machines where the tiniest drift in a control signal can ruin a calculation. Intel's new patent describes…
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