Samsung Patents a Smart Ring That Knows Which Way You're Wearing It
A smart ring that doesn't know which way it's sitting on your finger can give you wildly wrong health readings. Samsung's latest…
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Intel Patents a Faster Path to Sharper Streaming Video Without Burning CPU Time
A filter inside the next-generation AV2 video standard does a great job of improving picture quality, but it's so slow to configure…
Xilinx Patents an AI Chip That Swaps Multipliers for Memory Lookups
Multiplication is one of the most power-hungry operations in any AI chip. Xilinx thinks it has found a way to do less…
Sony Patent Uses Grayscale Data to Sharpen Event-Based Pixel Edges
Most camera sensors blur the edges of fast-moving objects. Sony is patenting a way to fix that by combining two completely different…
Disney Patents a System That Keeps Projected Images Locked to Moving Objects
When a character costume or a parade float moves, projected images tend to slip out of alignment. Disney has filed a patent…
Microsoft Patents a Hidden Screen Refresh That Fights Flicker While Your Laptop Sleeps
Your laptop's screen may be degrading every time it sits in sleep mode. Microsoft's new patent describes a fix that runs invisibly…
AMD Patents Speed Boost for AI Chips That Process Training Data Faster
Reading data from the wrong direction is one of those quiet performance killers inside AI chips. AMD's new patent tackles it by…
Sony Patents a Two-Board Car Camera With a Built-In Metal Shield
Sony is patenting a car camera that uses a metal plate sandwiched between two separate circuit boards, one for capturing images and…
Qualcomm Patents a Chip That Stores Data and Calculates It Simultaneously
Qualcomm is filing patents on memory that doesn't just store data but can crunch numbers on its own, potentially cutting one of…
OpenAI Patents a Chip That Runs AI Calculations Forward and Backward Without Interruption
Moving data around inside a chip is often more expensive, in time and energy, than doing the actual math. OpenAI's new patent…
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