Qualcomm Patents a Fix for the Flicker That Ruins High-Contrast Phone Photos
HDR photos look great in theory — but artificial lighting can sneak in a subtle flicker that makes merged shots look patchy…
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Qualcomm Patents a Camera That Follows Your Eyes to Decide What to Capture
What if your camera already knew what you were about to look at — and started focusing there before you even pressed…
Qualcomm Patents a Two-Chip Startup and Login Sequence for XR Headsets
Before you can see anything in a mixed-reality headset, a lot has to happen behind the scenes — and Qualcomm wants to…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Syncs Your Screen's Refresh Rate to What Apps Actually Draw
Your phone's screen often refreshes 120 times per second even when the app it's showing can only produce 30 frames per second…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Phones on Fixed Routes to Pre-Pick Their Cell Towers
If your phone already knew you take the same bus route every morning, it could pre-plan exactly which cell towers to use…
Qualcomm Patents On-Device AI That Reads Mixed Inputs and Acts on Them
Qualcomm is patenting a way for a device's AI to simultaneously take in a photo, some text, and a voice clip —…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Teaches Phones to Predict Their Own Signal Needs
The same technology that powers ChatGPT could soon be making split-second decisions about how your phone connects to a cell tower. Qualcomm's…
Sony Patents an AI That Types Text in Your Own Handwriting
Imagine typing a message and having it appear on screen in your own handwriting — not a generic font, but something that…
Sony Patents a Camera That Shrinks Unedited Photo Files Based on Your Intended Print Size
Sony's new patent describes a camera that decides how much to compress a RAW photo file based on how big the final…
Sony Patents an AI That Tells Game Developers Which Parts of Their Game Are Boring
Imagine a game developer being able to pinpoint the exact chapter where players quit — not by guessing, but because an AI…
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