Google Patents a Way to Send Head-Movement Data Back Through Your Wireless Headphone Link
Most wireless headphones track your head movements but send that data through a separate channel. Google's new patent collapses the feedback loop…
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Samsung Patents an Image Sensor That Shoots Video and Detects Motion at the Same Time
Samsung has filed a patent for an image sensor that pairs a standard color-capturing pixel with a motion-detecting pixel inside every group,…
Sony Patents Tech to Bundle Game Menus and Icons Directly Into Video Streams
Sony wants to solve a quiet headache in cloud gaming: keeping on-screen menus, overlays, and interface elements in sync with the video…
Samsung Patents a Foldable Phone That Shows You Where to Place It on a Wireless Charger
Wireless charging on a foldable phone is trickier than it sounds, the coil is only in one half of the device, and…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Play Audio During Calls Without Killing Your Battery
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a chip-level trick that lets your phone play background audio during a voice call while the…
Qualcomm Patent Offloads Camera Processing to Companion Device When Battery Drains
Your phone's camera does a lot of heavy lifting, and Qualcomm has a patent for making it hand off that work to…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Spot People in Video Before Even Opening the File
Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that can detect whether a person appears in a video stream without ever fully…
Apple Files Patent for a System That Manages AI Models Across Devices
Apple has filed a patent covering the machinery behind managing AI models and their training data across devices, a foundational piece of…
Sony Patent: Camera Pixels That Switch Between Image Capture and Motion Detection
Sony has filed a patent for a camera sensor where every single pixel can act either as a traditional image-grabber or as…
Samsung Patents Faster Setup for Connected Home Devices Like Lights and Locks
Setting up a new smart home device usually means hunting through menus, entering Wi-Fi passwords, and waiting through loading screens. Samsung's latest…
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