Sony Patents a Camera That Adjusts Its Own Light Capture on the Fly
Cameras have long struggled to capture bright sunlight and deep shadows in the same frame. Sony's latest patent describes a sensor that…
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Apple Patents a Wi-Fi Router Mode That Switches Power Levels Mid-Transmission
Your phone can already share its Wi-Fi connection, but doing so tends to hammer the battery. Apple is working on a way…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Trim Down the Visual Data AI Has to Read in Any Video
Ask an AI what happened in a video, and it has to process every single frame first. Qualcomm's new patent describes a…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Your Phone to Help Train the Network's Traffic AI
Qualcomm wants your phone to do more than just send data, it wants your phone to fact-check the network's own guesses about…
Google Patents an AI That Summarizes the Video Clips You Skip Over
Every time you skip ahead in a video, you lose context. Google has filed a patent for a system that catches you…
Apple Patents a Way for XR Headsets to Tell the Network Which Upload Slots They Skipped
When a wireless headset doesn't send data during a prescheduled upload window, the network has no idea whether it missed that window…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Saves a Video Clip Alongside Every Still Photo
You snap a photo, but the real moment was half a second before or after the shutter. Samsung is filing a patent…
Apple's New Patent Covers a Dashboard for Tracking and Commanding Lost iPhones Remotely
Apple is building out the plumbing for a system that lets you see exactly where a missing phone is and send it…
Google Patents Technology That Builds and Scores Ads Without Human Input
Google has filed a patent describing a system where multiple AI agents divide up the work of writing, scoring, and assembling digital…
Sony Patents a Pixel Circuit That Fires the Instant Light Changes
Most camera sensors wait until they've captured a full frame before telling you what changed. Sony's new patent describes a pixel that…
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