Qualcomm Patents AI That Tells Networks Which Signals Work Best
Every time your phone connects to a cell tower, it sends back a report card on signal quality — and Qualcomm wants…
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Qualcomm Patents a System That Predicts What You're About to Touch in VR
Before your hand even finishes moving, Qualcomm's patented system wants to know which virtual button you're heading for. It's a prediction engine…
Qualcomm Patents a Chip Shortcut That Skips Drawing Blank Screen Regions
Qualcomm's latest patent describes a way for a phone's graphics chip to check how much of a screen region actually needs drawing…
Qualcomm Patents a Location System That Keeps Multiple 'Where Are You?' Guesses Alive at Once
GPS works great in open sky, but the moment you step into a mall, a parking garage, or a dense city block,…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Fuse Camera and Depth Sensor Data for AI Scene Reading
Your phone's camera sees color and light, but it doesn't naturally know how far away things are. Qualcomm's new patent describes a…
Qualcomm Patents a Cellular Network System for Locating Connected Physical Objects
Your phone already knows where it is — but what about the cheap wireless tag attached to your luggage or warehouse shelf?…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Handle Too Many Geofences at Once
Your phone tracks dozens of invisible location boundaries at once — and when memory runs out, something has to give. Qualcomm's new…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Build 3D Scenes by Picking Only the Best Camera Shots
Building a 3D model from photos sounds simple — just take a bunch of pictures. But the tricky part is knowing which…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Lock Video Frames in Sync Across Two Separate Screens
Ever watched a video split across two screens and noticed one side is ever-so-slightly ahead of the other? Qualcomm has filed a…
Qualcomm Patents a Camera That Focuses Its Processing Power Where Your Eyes Do
Your eyes don't look at every part of a scene equally — so why should your camera chip work equally hard on…
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