Sony Patents Technology That Lets Cameras Read Colors More Accurately, Faster
Getting a camera's color sensor to read wavelengths accurately normally takes a time-consuming calibration pass. Sony's new patent describes a way to…
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Sony Patents a Drone Arm That Locks Itself Open Automatically
Folding drone arms are a well-worn idea, but they have a quiet failure point: you have to remember to lock them before…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Rewrites a Game's Visual Settings From Plain Text
Tweaking a game's contrast or color today usually means hunting through menus full of sliders you don't fully understand. Nvidia is patenting…
Apple Patents a Way to Figure Out Which Way Your Device Is Pointing Using Sound
Your phone already has two microphones. Apple thinks those microphones can tell the phone which direction it's facing, no compass required.
Samsung Patents a Fix That Makes Gaps Between Joined Screens Invisible
Every time display makers bolt two screens together, they face the same headache: the seam between panels looks brighter or dimmer than…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to Find Each Other Using Shared Landmarks
Two self-driving cars spot the same traffic sign, building corner, or road marking, and that shared sighting is enough for each car…
Sony Patents a Depth Camera That Sharpens Its Focus on Nearby Objects Automatically
When a sensor fires a laser pulse and gets reflections back from two objects at once, most chips have to pick one…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for 5G Devices to Report When Their AI Models Go Wrong
AI models embedded in your phone's wireless chip can drift and start making bad decisions. Qualcomm is patenting a way for the…
Sony Patent Targets Memory Efficiency in AI-Powered Video Upscaling Systems
Every AI upscaler has to decide how much of the past it can afford to remember. Sony's new patent solves that by…
Meta Patents a Dichroic Mirror System for Cleaner AR Headset Displays
Getting multiple colors of light into a paper-thin AR lens without them interfering with each other is one of the hardest unsolved…
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