Intel Patents a Way to Share Space Between a Phone's Speaker and Its Antenna
There's almost no empty space left inside a modern smartphone, and that's a problem for audio. Intel has filed a patent that…
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Qualcomm Patents a Display That Adjusts Zoom Speed Based on How Far Away Your Eyes Are
Every zoom animation on your phone plays at the same speed, whether your face is six inches from the screen or three…
Samsung Patents a Speaker That Stays Quiet When Privacy Is on the Line
Your smart speaker shouts answers into the room even when you'd rather nobody else heard them. Samsung has filed a patent for…
Qualcomm Patents a Display Chip That Leaves Unchanged Screen Areas Alone
Your phone redraws every pixel on screen dozens of times per second, even the parts that never change. Qualcomm has filed a…
Tesla Patents a Motorized Mechanism That Lifts Dashboard Screens Without Scratching Them
Tesla has patented a system that raises a touchscreen out of a car's dashboard using two arms moving at intentionally different speeds,…
Samsung Patents a Way to Route Screen-Drawing Work to Its Fastest Chips Automatically
Samsung has filed a patent for a system that watches what your phone's apps are doing and automatically moves screen-drawing work to…
Google Patents an AI Chip That Skips Blank Video Segments to Save Battery
Every time a voice assistant listens for your wake word, it burns power even when you're silent. Google's new patent describes a…
Google Patents an AI That Reads App Launches to Manage Battery and Performance
Every time you open an app, your phone's chip has to guess how hard to work. Google wants to replace that guessing…
Google Patents an AI System That Keeps Your Device Running Efficiently in Real Time
Instead of waiting for your phone's processor to get hot or slow before making adjustments, Google's new patent describes a chip that…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Stop Multi-Chip GPUs from Talking Over Each Other
When a GPU is spread across two chips, every time one chip needs to tell the other something, that conversation takes time.…
IBM Patents a Control System That Manages Quantum Computer Operations at Scale
Programming a quantum computer today is a bit like writing directly in machine code for every instruction. IBM is patenting a system…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Keep Graphics Data on the Right Chip
When a graphics card is actually two chips sharing the work, getting them to stop passing data back and forth constantly is…
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