Meta Patents a System That Organizes Audio Into Zones in Virtual Spaces
In a virtual room with dozens of people talking at once, audio quickly becomes a wall of noise. Meta's new patent describes…
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Qualcomm Patents a System That Tells You How to Reframe Your Shot
Most people take a photo and hope for the best. Qualcomm is filing patents on camera software that watches your viewfinder in…
Samsung Patents an AI Method for Creating Slow-Motion Video From Normal Footage
Slow-motion video usually requires a camera that physically captures more frames per second. Samsung's new patent takes a different approach: instead of…
Google Patents an AI Assistant That Takes Photos When the Moment Is Right
Instead of tapping the shutter yourself, you could one day tell Google Assistant to take a photo whenever a specific thing appears…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Adjust Bluetooth Audio Links Without Dropping the Connection
Every time your Bluetooth earbuds have to renegotiate their connection settings, there's a risk of a dropout. Qualcomm has filed a patent…
Samsung Patents a Fix for Audio That Drifts Behind Wirelessly Streamed Video
Anyone who has cast video to a TV and watched lips move out of step with speech knows the frustration. Samsung's latest…
Apple Patents Headphones That Mix a Wired Audio Cable With Wireless Head Tracking
Apple is working on a way for wired headphones to also use a wireless connection, but only for one specific job: tracking…
Qualcomm Patents a One-Step Image Correction Method for AR and VR Headsets
When you move your head in a VR headset, the display has to scramble to catch up and fix the image before…
Sony Patents a System That Catches Faulty Stations That Feed Accuracy Data to Your GPS
High-precision GPS relies on a network of fixed ground stations sending out correction signals, but if one of those stations goes wrong,…
Sony Patents a Dual-Camera System That Measures How Light Filters Through Surfaces
Most cameras treat light as a simple brightness signal. Sony is filing patents around capturing something much more specific: how the orientation…
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