Sony Files Patent for a Laser Distance Sensor That Learns From Its Own Errors
A laser sensor that scans the road ahead can only be as accurate as its laser sweep is straight. Sony's patent describes…
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Apple Files Patent to Cut Battery Drain When Your Phone Runs a Headset
A headset with no brain of its own leans hard on the phone that feeds it, and that costs battery and builds…
Mobileye Files Patent for a Car Radar That Sees Sharper With Fewer Antennas
Mobileye's new filing lets stray signal noise creep up at wide angles on purpose, because the antennas themselves already hush those angles.…
Waymo Files Patent for Headphone Sounds That Point You Toward Your Robotaxi
Waymo's patent skips the car horn: your headphones play a honk that seems to come from your actual car, and the sound…
Google Files Patent for a Watch That Can Tell When Its Band Is Too Loose
Google has filed a patent for a smartwatch that can tell the difference between being worn snugly, worn loosely and sitting in…
Sony Files Patent to Keep Bluetooth Distance Readings Accurate While You Move
Measuring distance with radio waves goes wrong when you move during the measurement. Sony's answer is to run it up and then…
Meta Files Patent for Glasses That Record Your Walks as 3D Memories
Most smart glasses record flat video from a single camera. A new Meta patent application describes glasses with cameras spread around the…
Samsung Files Patent to Make Only What You Look At Appear 3D in VR
Instead of dimming a VR scene to tell you where to look, Samsung's patent application would make just the thing you're looking…
Microsoft Files Patent for an AI That Briefs You When You Join a Meeting Late
You join a call ten minutes late and everyone is mid-argument. Microsoft's patent application describes an AI that notices when you arrived,…
Apple Files Patent to Share Your AirTag's Location Without Giving Up Control
Letting someone else help find your lost item used to mean giving them your encryption keys. Apple's filing splits the job across…
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