Qualcomm Patents a Context-Aware Object Detection Filter for Self-Driving Cars
Most object detectors treat every part of the frame equally — but Qualcomm's new patent lets a car's vision system raise or…
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Qualcomm Patents Presence Detection That Adapts to Foldable Phone Angles
Your foldable phone held flat on a desk behaves very differently than one propped up at a 120-degree angle — and Qualcomm…
Qualcomm Patents a Cloud-Offloaded Location Engine That Filters Bad GPS and Cell Signals
Your phone uses GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell towers all at once to figure out where you are — but deciding which signals…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Train AI Models Faster Over Noisy Wireless Networks
Training an AI model across thousands of phones simultaneously sounds chaotic — especially when half of them have weak signal. Qualcomm's new…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Automatically Lowers GPU Work During Heavy Mobile Game Frames
Qualcomm is patenting a way for a phone's graphics driver to automatically detect when a game frame is about to be expensive…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Wireless Network Nodes to Share Camera and Sensor Imagery for ML-Driven Positioning
Qualcomm wants wireless network nodes to pool their camera feeds, lidar scans, and RF sensor snapshots so that any node on the…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Spot Dirty or Failing Cameras in Self-Driving Cars
What if a self-driving car could notice that one of its cameras was covered in mud — before it made a bad…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Batch CPU Instructions Before They Hit the AI Accelerator
Every time a CPU and an AI accelerator talk, there's overhead. Qualcomm's new patent proposes a buffer that bundles multiple instructions into…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Generates Video When Your Stream Cuts Out
Instead of freezing or buffering when your internet hiccups, Qualcomm's new patent describes a device that quietly generates its own replacement video…
Qualcomm Patents a Battery-Aware System That Moves Audio Processing Off Your Headset
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system that lets a wireless audio device — think a headset or earbud — notice…
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