Qualcomm Patents a Variable Timeout System for Wireless Congestion Control
When a network is overloaded, rigid response timers are one of the hidden culprits behind dropped connections and retransmission storms. Qualcomm's latest…
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Qualcomm Patents a Predictive System That Decides When to Kill Your Car's Engine
Start-stop systems that kill your engine at a red light are great for fuel economy — until they restart too slowly and…
Qualcomm Patents an Adaptive Aerial-View Mapping System for Sensor Processing
Qualcomm has filed a patent describing a system that builds a bird's-eye-view map of an environment from camera images — then reuses…
Qualcomm Patents a Configurable FMCW Waveform Scheme for Wireless Nodes
Qualcomm is filing patents around FMCW — the same radar waveform technique used in self-driving cars — but applied to wireless communication…
Qualcomm Patents an On-Device System That Trains TTS on Your Own Voice
What if your phone's text-to-speech gradually started sounding more like you — without ever uploading your voice to a server? That's the…
Qualcomm Patents a Dual-Resolution Adapter System for On-Device AI Image Generation
Qualcomm is filing patents around running AI image generators more efficiently on-device — and this one proposes a clever split: let the…
Qualcomm Patents a Dual-Camera System That Erases Reflections From Photos
Taking a photo through a window almost always means fighting your own reflection. Qualcomm's new patent describes a way to use the…
Qualcomm Patents a Predictive Light-Control System for Motion-Tracked Devices
Qualcomm wants tracking cameras to stop reacting to where a device is — and start preparing for where it's going. The trick…
Qualcomm Patents Object-Aided Localization That Works With Incomplete Visual Data
Most localization systems need a complete, clean view of a known object to figure out where they are. Qualcomm's new patent describes…
Qualcomm Patents a Two-Phase RF Beam Narrowing System for Wireless Sensing
Qualcomm's latest patent describes a radar-like sensing trick for 5G radios: first scan wide with many beams to get a rough picture,…
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