Samsung Patents a Display That Narrows Its Viewing Angle Only Where Your Private Content Is
Most privacy screens dim the entire display, making it hard to show someone a photo while hiding a notification. Samsung's new patent…
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Samsung Patents a Camera That Fixes Skewed Angles Before You Even Shoot
Ever taken a photo of a building or a document and ended up with a trapezoid instead of a rectangle? Samsung is…
Sony Patents a Three-Layer Camera Chip That Protects Itself from Electrical Damage
Sony is designing image sensors where circuit protection lives on its own dedicated silicon layer, separate from the light-capturing and signal-processing layers…
Sony Files Patent to Detect and Fix Muffled Gaming Controller Speakers
If you've ever gripped your PlayStation controller tightly and noticed the speaker sound suddenly go dull, Sony has apparently been thinking about…
Samsung Patents a Chip-Scale LiDAR Sensor That Steers Light With Nano-Structures
LiDAR sensors, the 3D-scanning technology that helps cars and robots understand the world around them, are typically bulky and expensive. Samsung is…
Sony Patents a Photon-Counting Circuit That Reduces Wasted Electrical Switching
Every time a digital circuit flips between 0 and 1, it burns a little power and generates a little noise. Sony's latest…
Smart Ring Patent Enables Gesture Control of Linked Devices
Samsung is working on a way to use its smart ring as a gesture remote for other gadgets, but with a clever…
Sony Patents a Camera Chip That Keeps Photos Sharp Despite Tiny Electrical Interference
Every time a camera sensor reads a pixel, a tiny unwanted voltage spike can sneak into the signal and muddy the image.…
New Image Sensor Patent Tackles Pixel Interference at the Source
Sony has filed a patent describing a new way to physically separate the light-sensing zones inside an image sensor, a design that…
Qualcomm Patents a Hidden Audio Check That Catches Speaker Failures Before They Matter
Every time your car's speaker plays a navigation warning or a collision alert, there's an assumption that the speaker actually works. Qualcomm's…
Sony Patents a System That Keeps Virtual Backgrounds in Sync During Live Camera Cuts
If you've ever watched a live broadcast shot on a virtual set and noticed the background look briefly wrong after a camera…
Sony Patents a Camera That Keeps Stabilizing Images When Its Chip Falls Behind
When a camera's processor gets overloaded mid-shoot, image stabilization can fail and your footage turns shaky. Sony's new patent describes a fallback…
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