Qualcomm Patents a Video Noise Filter That Knows When to Leave the Picture Alone
Most video noise filters run all the time, blurring fine detail even in clean footage. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system smart…
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Qualcomm's New Patent Cleans Up the Seams Between Video Decoding Tiles
When your phone decodes a video, it quietly slices each frame into processing tiles — and the seams between those tiles can…
Qualcomm's New Patent Turns Your XR Headset into a Live Radar for Lost Devices
Qualcomm wants your XR headset to act like a live radar screen — using radio signals to pinpoint where your phone, remote,…
Qualcomm's New Patent Pulls Motion Data from Inside Its Own Diffusion Model
Qualcomm is trying to extract motion data from a diffusion model's own internal steps — not as an afterthought, but as the…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Stop Wipers from Confusing Your Car's Cameras
Every time a windshield wiper sweeps across a dashcam's field of view, the image briefly flickers — and that flicker can confuse…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for 5G Networks to Ask Your Phone How Much AI It Can Handle
Before a 5G network can offload AI tasks to your phone, it needs to know how much AI horsepower your phone actually…
Qualcomm Patents a Chip That Tightens Its Own Security When It Overheats
Hackers don't just attack software — they attack physics. By deliberately overheating a chip, they can cause it to make computational errors…
Qualcomm Patents a Wi-Fi Radar Detector That Knows Where It Is
Wi-Fi devices already have to play nice with radar systems by quickly vacating certain radio frequencies when radar is detected. Qualcomm's new…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Pull Video from Multiple Streaming Servers at Once
Instead of your phone picking one video server and hoping for the best, Qualcomm is patenting a method that lets a device…
Qualcomm Patents a Video Decoder That Stops Waiting for Data to Arrive in Order
Qualcomm's latest patent targets a surprisingly mundane but costly problem in video decoding: processor cores sitting idle while waiting for the 'right'…
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