Sony Patent Targets Noise Reduction Through Geometric Pixel Circuit Layout in Camera Sensors
Every camera sensor has a noise problem baked into its silicon, and Sony's latest patent targets that problem at the transistor level,…
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Nvidia Patents Faster Software for Building the Hidden Geometry Behind 3D Characters
Every 3D object on screen is secretly a web of triangles, and figuring out how those triangles connect to each other is…
Meta Patents a Way to Share Conversation Memory Between AI Agents
When you switch from one task to another mid-conversation with an AI assistant, it often forgets what you were just talking about.…
Sony Patents a Video Decoding Shortcut That Drops One Neighbor Block
Sony has found a way to speed up video compression hardware by deliberately ignoring one neighboring block of pixels, a small rule…
AMD Patents Chip Design That Keeps AI Calculations Accurate Without Wasting Silicon
AMD is patenting a chip-level trick that lets different clusters of math hardware use their own separate scaling numbers, a change that…
Sony Patents a Faster Way to Generate AI Training Data From Two Probability Models
Generating enough training data for AI is one of the quieter bottlenecks in building image recognition systems. Sony's new patent takes a…
Samsung Patents a Two-Layer Adhesive System for Foldable Phone Screens
The crease in a foldable phone screen is one of the most complained-about details in the category. Samsung's latest patent targets the…
Samsung Patents a System That Stops AR Glasses from Running the Same Sensor Twice
Every app on your AR glasses wants to see the world through the same camera, but right now each one might be…
Meta Patent Uses Skin Contact to Enable Data Transfer in Smart Eyewear
Meta is exploring a way to let your eyewear communicate with other devices by using your own body as the wire. No…
Microsoft Patents One-Tap Pairing for Devices That Belong Together
Pairing a wireless headset is simple enough, but what about the USB dongle, the charging case, and the companion app that come…
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