Qualcomm Patent Advances Road Scene Understanding for Self-Driving Vehicles
Before a self-driving car can safely merge or turn, it needs to understand which road objects actually matter right now. Qualcomm's new…
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Qualcomm Patents a System for Streaming 3D Scenes That Shift With Where You're Standing
Imagine watching a live concert in VR and the audio and video automatically adjust based on exactly where you're standing in the…
Samsung Patents Wi-Fi Tracking That Pinpoints Exactly When You Enter or Leave an Area
GPS alone can't tell the difference between you walking into a store and loitering outside it. Samsung's new patent tries to fix…
New Patent Fights Fake Cell Tower Threats on 5G and 6G Networks
Fake cell towers, sometimes called "IMSI catchers" or "stingrays," can trick your phone into connecting to them and intercepting your calls and…
Smart Glasses Patent Adds Third Camera So Users See More Around Them
Most AR headsets show you a narrow window onto the real world. Samsung is patenting a way to widen that window by…
Samsung Patents a Wearable That Lets You Feel the Weight of Virtual Objects
Picking up a virtual sword and actually feeling it pull on your hand sounds like science fiction. Samsung just filed a patent…
Samsung Patents a One-Gesture System for Placing and Sizing App Windows
What if opening an app in split-screen took a single drag instead of a menu? Samsung is patenting a gesture that lets…
Samsung Patents Image Compression That Adapts to Each Pixel's Location on Screen
Every time a chip renders an image, it has to shuttle enormous amounts of pixel data back and forth through memory. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a System That Places Graphics at the Right Depth on 3D Displays
When two graphics overlap on a 3D screen, which one sits closer to your face? Samsung's new patent describes a system that…
New Patent Squeezes Physical Keypad and Antenna Around a Camera Module
Samsung is working out how to cram both a physical keypad and an antenna into the tight space surrounding a camera module,…
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