Sony Patents a Lighting System That Fills Dark Gaps in Depth-Sensing Cameras
When a camera tries to measure distance using a grid of tiny lasers, the dark gaps between those lasers can cause blind…
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Samsung Patents a Robot That Shakes Its Own Wheels Free When It Gets Stuck
Every robot vacuum owner knows the frustration of finding their machine wedged against a rug fringe or door threshold, spinning helplessly. Samsung's…
Intel Patents a Method to Scan Video Frames Faster for Real-Time Surveillance
Processing video in real time is one of the hardest jobs a chip can do. Intel's new patent describes a way to…
Sony Patents a System of Body-Worn Cameras That Track Your Own Skeleton
Sony wants to map the position of every joint and limb on your body using only small cameras clipped to you, with…
Apple Patents a Display Scaling System That Reads Image Edges Before Sharpening Them
Every time a screen blows up a lower-resolution image to fill more pixels, it has to invent detail that wasn't there. Apple's…
Intel Patents a System That Automatically Sharpens 3D Graphics Detail Based on Distance
When your GPU is rendering a scene, drawing a distant mountain at the same detail level as the rock in front of…
Intel Patents a Face-Tracking System That Decides When Your Camera Should Refocus
Your camera's autofocus can be its own worst enemy, constantly hunting for focus when nothing important has changed. Intel's new patent describes…
Samsung Patents a Finger-Worn Device That Broadcasts Its Location When Lost
Samsung is patenting a way for its smart ring to automatically stop acting like a health sensor and start acting like a…
Microsoft Patents a Hinge That Keeps Both Halves of a Folding PC Moving in Sync
Folding devices live or die by their hinge, and Microsoft is filing patents on a mechanism designed to keep both halves of…
Sony Patent Links Camera Frames to Cut Junk Data in 3D Scanning
Every time a camera builds a 3D model of an object, it tends to pick up a bunch of noise and floating…
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