Sony Patents a System That Reads Grip Strength From the Marks You Leave Behind
Sony is working on a way to estimate how hard a person squeezed an object — not by measuring it in the…
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Sony Patents a Game Controller That Pushes Back Against Your Hand
Sony is exploring a game controller that physically pushes and pulls against your hand using a moving weight — not just vibration…
Apple Patents a Dynamic System for Getting Devices Online Before a Real SIM Exists
Every eSIM-equipped device has a chicken-and-egg problem: it needs a cellular connection to download its SIM profile, but it needs a SIM…
Apple Patents a Way to Keep Satellite Connections Alive When GPS Gets Jammed
What happens when a nearby device's satellite uplink drowns out your GPS signal? Apple's latest patent describes a clever workaround: decode the…
Apple Patents a System for Automatically Switching Between Private LTE Networks
Most iPhone users have never heard of CBRS — but the companies deploying private LTE networks in warehouses, hospitals, and stadiums absolutely…
Dynamic RF Power Cuts Trigger When Body Proximity Is Detected
Your iPhone already lowers its radio power when it thinks your body is nearby — Apple's new patent makes that system far…
Google Patents a Cellular Radio That Uses Sensor Data to Optimize Its Own Signals
Most wireless radios are blind to the physical world around them — they just blast signals and hope for the best. Google's…
Google Patents an ML-Driven Way to Fill In Video Frames During Compression
When a video codec compresses a frame, it has to predict what each block of pixels looks like before encoding it —…
Google Patents a More Efficient Way to Compress Video Transform Blocks
Google is filing patents on the low-level math that makes video smaller — and this one targets the specific order in which…
Google Patents a Way to Hand Your Phone Off From Satellite to Cell Tower Automatically
Satellite connectivity is great when you're off the grid, but switching back to a regular cell tower should be seamless — and…
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