Apple Patents a Tiny Light Projector That Maps Surfaces With Precise Dot Patterns
Apple has filed a patent for a new kind of light projector that uses ultra-thin optical surfaces, engineered at the nanometer scale,…
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Apple Patents a Head-Worn Display Where the Strap Holds the Processor
Apple's latest patent puts a processor inside the headset's strap rather than the main housing, a structural choice that reshapes how the…
Apple Patents a Lens-Holding Frame Design for Clearer Smart Glasses Views
Fitting a tiny display system inside a pair of glasses-style headset frames is a mechanical puzzle. This Apple patent solves a small…
Google Patents a System for Sharing Radio Airwaves Between Radar and Wi-Fi
Your phone's Wi-Fi radio and its motion-sensing radar use the same sliver of airwaves, and right now they just get in each…
Apple Patents a Prism-Tilting Camera System for Thinner Optical Zoom
Apple's latest patent describes a compact camera that bends light around a corner using a prism, then tilts that prism to keep…
Apple Patents a Way for Devices to Figure Out Exactly Which Object You're Pointing At
Point at a building and say 'that one', and your device actually knows which building you mean. Apple's new patent describes a…
IBM Patents a Way to Stack Multiple Data Records Into One Memory Slot
IBM has filed a patent for a memory technique that folds many separate data records into a single compressed structure, then pulls…
Microsoft Patents a System That Blocks Devices From Reaching Corporate Authentication Servers
Getting into a company's domain controller is essentially getting the keys to the kingdom. Microsoft has filed a patent for a system…
Samsung Patents a Foldable Phone Antenna That Stays Active When the Phone Is Shut
Folding phones face a stubborn physics problem: fold the device shut and the two metal housings can block or fight each other's…
Samsung Patents a Built-In Interference Barrier for Multi-Antenna Radio Modules
Pack too many antennas onto a single circuit board and they start talking over each other, degrading the signal for everyone connected.…
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