Samsung Patents a Wafer Inspection System That Tells AI Where Every Chip Sits
When you photograph a circular wafer packed with hundreds of identical chips, the AI inspecting it has no idea which chip is…
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Qualcomm Patents a Way to Render Different Parts of a Photo at Different Resolutions
Most phone cameras treat every pixel in a frame the same way. Qualcomm's new patent describes a chip-level trick that lets different…
Apple Patents a Predictive Cache System for Faster 3D Graphics Rendering
Every frame of a ray-traced 3D scene requires thousands of calculations about how light bounces off surfaces, and the speed of those…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Teach One AI Encoder to See Through Every Camera at Once
Getting a computer to stitch together views from six cameras at once is hard enough. Qualcomm's new patent proposes a way to…
Sony Patents a System That Scores What Viewers Actually Watch On Screen
Sony has filed a patent for a system that uses cameras pointed at an audience to track where people's eyes land on…
Sony Patent Splits Shadow and True Color Data From Any Photograph
Every photo you've ever taken is a mix of two things: the actual color of an object and the shadows cast by…
Samsung Patents a Way to Keep IoT Controls the Right Size in 3D Room Views
When you pull up a 3D map of your home to tap a light switch or thermostat, the on-screen button needs to…
Meta Patents a Camera Where the Front Lens Sits Open to the Air
Most cameras hide every lens element behind glass or a sealed housing. Meta's new patent proposes letting the front lens sit exposed…
Qualcomm Patents a Self-Monitoring AI System for Phone Wireless Chips
Qualcomm is patenting a way for the AI running inside your phone's wireless chip to watch itself for errors, without having to…
Samsung Patents a Camera Chip Design That Stops Unwanted Light From Blurring Edges
Stray light sneaking in at the edges of an image sensor is one of the quieter reasons photos look washed out or…
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