Qualcomm Patents a Display System That Corrects Pixels on the Fly
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a display processor that decides in real time whether to apply a pixel-correction filter, skipping it…
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Qualcomm Patents Technology That Stops Cameras From Counting the Same Object Twice
Keeping track of moving objects in a video feed sounds simple until two different detection systems disagree about where the same person…
Qualcomm Patents Technology to Locate Wireless Tracking Chips Across Existing 5G Networks
Your phone's 5G network could soon double as a location system for the tiny wireless tags attached to packages, pallets, and equipment,…
Qualcomm Patents a Two-Step Biometric Lock That Checks You're Alive First
Before your fingerprint or face even counts as a login, Qualcomm's new patent wants your phone to confirm it's dealing with a…
IBM Patents a Wearable That Charges Itself from Sunlight, Body Heat, or Motion
IBM has filed a patent for a wearable device that never needs to be plugged in, at least in theory. It charges…
IBM Patents Image Compression That Cuts Storage Without Sacrificing Picture Quality
IBM's new patent describes a way to compress images by doing the heavy, approximate math cheaply and the fine-tuning math carefully, mixing…
IBM Patents a System That Catches Cloned License Plates Using Location Data
If two cars are caught on camera with the same license plate 500 miles apart within an hour, one of them is…
IBM Patents a System for Confirming the Code Running a Chip's Security Features
When a server runs an encryption operation, how does it know the chip doing the work hasn't been updated with buggy or…
IBM Patents a Way to Stop Encrypting the Same Data Twice in Cloud Storage
When your data travels between servers in a cloud storage system, it often gets encrypted twice, once for safety and once more…
IBM Patents a Tool That Spots File-Encrypting Attacks by Sorting Data Into Groups First
Most ransomware detectors scan every storage volume the same way, whether it holds billing records or raw video files. IBM's new patent…
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