Qualcomm Patents Session-Key Scrambling for Sensor Data Security
Qualcomm wants to secure sensor data before it ever leaves the sensor — using a session-key scrambling approach that bakes encryption into…
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Qualcomm Patents an Encryption Layer for Live Augmented Reality Calls
Qualcomm is patenting a way to lock down the 3D digital objects inside an AR call — so only the people who…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Skips Its Own ML Model to Save Power
What if your phone's AI could decide, mid-task, that it doesn't actually need to run the full neural network? Qualcomm is patenting…
Sony Patents a Method to Build 3D Head Meshes from a Single 2D Photo
Sony Interactive Entertainment has patented a way to generate a full 3D head mesh from a single 2D photo — without requiring…
Sony Files Patent for AI Games Generated From Your Car's Navigation Route
What if your road trip to the mountains automatically generated a fantasy adventure game set in — you guessed it — snowy…
Sony Files Patent for Tying Player Comments to Specific In-Game Play Units
Sony is patenting a way to attach player comments not just to a game session, but to a precise unit of gameplay…
Sony Patents a Multi-Analog-Stick Input System That Picks a Lead Stick When All Are Idle
Sony is exploring controllers with more than two analog sticks — and this patent solves a surprisingly thorny problem: what should the…
Sony Patents a Vehicle Window That Doubles as a Per-Pixel Gaming Display
Sony wants to turn the passenger-side car window into a gaming screen — and it has a clever trick for dealing with…
Sony Patents a Vertex-Pairing System to Fix 3D Mesh Encoding Seams
When you compress a 3D model by slicing it into patches, the edges where those patches meet can fall apart at decode…
Sony Patents a Pose-Matching System That Scores You the Same From Any Angle
Sony is patenting a pose-evaluation system that gives you the same score whether you're facing the camera head-on, standing off to the…
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