Qualcomm Patents an Adaptive Aerial-View Mapping System for Sensor Processing
Qualcomm has filed a patent describing a system that builds a bird's-eye-view map of an environment from camera images — then reuses…
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Qualcomm Patents a Configurable FMCW Waveform Scheme for Wireless Nodes
Qualcomm is filing patents around FMCW — the same radar waveform technique used in self-driving cars — but applied to wireless communication…
Qualcomm Patents an On-Device System That Trains TTS on Your Own Voice
What if your phone's text-to-speech gradually started sounding more like you — without ever uploading your voice to a server? That's the…
Qualcomm Patents a Dual-Resolution Adapter System for On-Device AI Image Generation
Qualcomm is filing patents around running AI image generators more efficiently on-device — and this one proposes a clever split: let the…
Qualcomm Patents a Dual-Camera System That Erases Reflections From Photos
Taking a photo through a window almost always means fighting your own reflection. Qualcomm's new patent describes a way to use the…
Qualcomm Patents a Predictive Light-Control System for Motion-Tracked Devices
Qualcomm wants tracking cameras to stop reacting to where a device is — and start preparing for where it's going. The trick…
Qualcomm Patents Object-Aided Localization That Works With Incomplete Visual Data
Most localization systems need a complete, clean view of a known object to figure out where they are. Qualcomm's new patent describes…
Qualcomm Patents a Two-Phase RF Beam Narrowing System for Wireless Sensing
Qualcomm's latest patent describes a radar-like sensing trick for 5G radios: first scan wide with many beams to get a rough picture,…
Qualcomm Patents ML-Driven RF Fingerprint Positioning for 5G Devices
GPS is useless indoors, and cell tower triangulation is often too coarse. Qualcomm's latest patent proposes using machine learning to read the…
Qualcomm Patents Deep Auto Encoder System for Wireless Network Anomaly Detection
Qualcomm is filing patents on using deep auto encoders — a type of neural network that learns what 'normal' looks like —…
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