Sony's New Patent Cuts Measurement Errors That Blur Distance Readings Frame by Frame
Every depth-sensing camera lies a little. Sony has a patent for a simple timing trick that makes those lies cancel each other…
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Meta's AR Headset Patent Tackles Contrast When Multiple Apps Collide
When two apps run side by side on an AR headset, one might need a bright, vivid display while the other works…
Sony's Smart Glasses Patent Spots Workout Opportunities in Your Everyday Surroundings
Sony has filed a patent for AR eyeglasses that watch your surroundings and nudge you to exercise when they spot an opportunity.…
Sony's New Patent Cuts Projector Scanning to Only What the Image Needs
Sony has filed a patent for a projector that deliberately restricts its own scanning area, drawing images only within a sub-region of…
Meta Patents AR and VR Devices That Learn to Read Hand and Eye Sequences
Most gesture systems treat each hand movement as its own isolated command. Meta's new patent is built around the idea that the…
Sony Patent Syncs Movie Backdrop Screens to Match Where a Camera Is Focused
When a film camera racks focus or changes its aperture, the giant LED wall behind the actors can suddenly look artificially sharp…
Sony Patents a Way to Paint Artistic Styles onto 3D Scenes Using Flat Images
Sony has filed a patent for a method that takes a 3D scene, flattens it into a series of ordinary 2D snapshots,…
Adobe Patents an Auto White Balance System That Recognizes What's in the Photo
White balance has always been one of photography's most finicky corrections. Adobe's new patent wants to let the software figure it out…
Nvidia Patents a Two-Stage Video Compression System That Avoids Quality Degradation
Nvidia has patented a video compression architecture that gets 8 times the compression rate of conventional approaches by letting each video frame…
IBM Patents a Way for AR Headsets to Share Objects Based on Where You Look
IBM has filed a patent for a system that watches where your eyes go inside a virtual environment, decides you're genuinely interested…
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