Apple Patents a System for Adding and Sharing Digital IDs From Your Device
Apple has filed a patent describing a system that lets you add a digital ID to your device and then wirelessly share…
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Apple Patents a Brake System That Locks Its Shape-Shifting Camera Lens in Place
Apple is patenting a camera lens that physically changes its own shape, and tiny brakes to hold that shape rock-steady once it…
Google Patents a Way to Etch Deeper, More Precise Light Guides for AR Glasses
Getting light to travel through a thin piece of glass and land exactly where your eye needs it is one of the…
Samsung Patents a Smartwatch Design That Stops Its Own Hardware From Cutting Off Wireless Signals
Fitting a reliable antenna inside a metal-framed smartwatch is harder than it looks, and the circuit board is often the culprit. Samsung's…
Google Patents a System for Letting Users Block Individual Search Results
When a search result about you is wrong, embarrassing, or just unwanted, your options today are limited. Google is now patenting a…
Apple Patents a System That Skips the Pop-Up Menu When It Knows What You Want
Every time you tap something on your phone and a menu appears asking what you want to do with it, that's a…
Sony Patents a Self-Cleaning Gas Sensor That Identifies Specific Toxic Gases
Most gas sensors tell you that something is wrong with the air. Sony's new patent takes aim at a harder problem: telling…
Microsoft Patents a Way for AI Models to Share Memory Instead of Starting from Scratch
Every time two AI models handle the same conversation, each one rebuilds its memory of that conversation from zero. Microsoft's new patent…
Sony Files Patent for a Third-Sensor Method That Aligns Mixed Camera and Scanner Arrays
Getting two sensors to agree on where they are in space is one of the quiet hard problems in robotics and autonomous…
Qualcomm Patents a Single Sensor That Tracks Eyes and Facial Expressions in Virtual Headsets
Most XR headsets use separate hardware to watch your eyes and read your expressions. Qualcomm has filed a patent for a single…
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