Qualcomm Patents a Display Chip That Leaves Unchanged Screen Areas Alone
Your phone redraws every pixel on screen dozens of times per second, even the parts that never change. Qualcomm has filed a…
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Tesla Patents a Motorized Mechanism That Lifts Dashboard Screens Without Scratching Them
Tesla has patented a system that raises a touchscreen out of a car's dashboard using two arms moving at intentionally different speeds,…
Samsung Patents a Way to Route Screen-Drawing Work to Its Fastest Chips Automatically
Samsung has filed a patent for a system that watches what your phone's apps are doing and automatically moves screen-drawing work to…
Tesla Patents a Rear Wing That Hides Until the Car Needs It
Tesla's latest patent describes a rear wing that stays completely hidden inside the car's bodywork until the car's computer decides it needs…
Google Patents an AI Chip That Skips Blank Video Segments to Save Battery
Every time a voice assistant listens for your wake word, it burns power even when you're silent. Google's new patent describes a…
Google Patents an AI That Reads App Launches to Manage Battery and Performance
Every time you open an app, your phone's chip has to guess how hard to work. Google wants to replace that guessing…
Apple Patents a System That Logs You Into Devices by Tracking Where You Look
Apple has filed a patent for a login system that requires no password, no fingerprint, and no tap, just your gaze. If…
Apple Patents a System for Hiding Private Content in Shared Virtual Spaces
In a shared virtual room, you and a colleague might be looking at the same space, but that doesn't mean you should…
Apple Patents a Thinner System for Tracking Eyes in Its Headsets
Apple is rethinking how the tiny lights that follow your eyes fit inside a headset, flipping the circuit board on its edge…
Apple Files Patent for New Ways to Build and Control On-Screen Interfaces
Apple has filed a patent around modifying and interacting with user interfaces, but this one comes with an unusual wrinkle: the main…
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