Sony Patents a Camera Component That Measures Distances With Greater Precision
Sony is working on a way to squeeze an ultra-sensitive light detector and its supporting electronics onto a single chip without them…
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Samsung Files Patent for Triple-Layer Coating Designed to Eliminate Screen Glare
Screen glare is one of those annoyances that never fully goes away, even on expensive displays. Samsung's latest patent describes a precisely…
Drone Patent Reuses Blurry Misaligned Frames to Fix 3D Distance Measurement
When a drone's stereo cameras drift out of alignment mid-flight, the fix usually happens later on the ground using different footage, which…
Microsoft Patent Targets Dynamic Screen Dimming Precisely Where Your Eyes Look
Most screens dim everything or nothing. Microsoft is patenting a display that tracks exactly where your eye is pointing and dims only…
AMD Patents Method to Run AI Calculations Faster Across Graphics Chip Units
Running AI models requires enormous amounts of repetitive math, and AMD's latest patent describes a way to stop GPU cores from waiting…
Disney Patents a System That Keeps Projected Images Locked to Moving Robots
Imagine a robot character at a theme park whose face and costume are actually painted by light, in real time, updating perfectly…
Intel Patents a Chip That Prepares AI Data for Calculations Without Slowing the Processor
Intel has filed a patent for a dedicated hardware engine that handles the messy work of unpacking and converting compressed AI data…
A Robot Hand Patent Finally Gets the Thumb Right
Getting a robot to grip things the way a human hand does is harder than it sounds, and the thumb is almost…
Qualcomm Patents a Hardware Instruction That Normalizes AI Data in One Step
When an AI model processes numbers, it constantly has to bring wildly different values into the same range before doing any math.…
New Patent Scans Surroundings for Eye Health Risks Using Gaze Direction
Samsung is working on a wearable device that watches where your eyes are pointed, aims a camera in that direction, and then…
Amazon Patents a Drone Docking System That Lands Fast First, Corrects Later
Most drones try to hover precisely over a target before dropping down. Amazon's new patent flips that instinct: get down fast, then…
Microsoft Patents a Two-Stage System for Catching Accidental Touchscreen Taps
Every touchscreen user has accidentally hit a button they didn't mean to. Microsoft's new patent describes a layered system that checks multiple…
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