Qualcomm Patents a Way to Spot Dirty or Failing Cameras in Self-Driving Cars
What if a self-driving car could notice that one of its cameras was covered in mud — before it made a bad…
Every patent we've covered
All Big Tech patents
Every Big Tech filing we've broken down, newest first. We read what the major companies publish and cover the ones worth knowing, in plain English.
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Batch CPU Instructions Before They Hit the AI Accelerator
Every time a CPU and an AI accelerator talk, there's overhead. Qualcomm's new patent proposes a buffer that bundles multiple instructions into…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Generates Video When Your Stream Cuts Out
Instead of freezing or buffering when your internet hiccups, Qualcomm's new patent describes a device that quietly generates its own replacement video…
Qualcomm Patents a Battery-Aware System That Moves Audio Processing Off Your Headset
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system that lets a wireless audio device — think a headset or earbud — notice…
Qualcomm Patents a Memory System That Computes and Transfers Data at the Same Time
Moving data between memory and a processor is one of the biggest bottlenecks in modern chips. Qualcomm's new patent describes a memory…
Qualcomm Patents a More Precise 5G Location System Using Double Round-Trip Timing
Getting a precise location fix indoors over 5G is harder than it sounds — radio signals bounce, hardware introduces tiny delays, and…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Track 3D Objects Using Only 2D Camera Feeds
Most autonomous vehicle systems do heavy geometric lifting to convert camera images into a 3D "bird's-eye view" of the world — Qualcomm's…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Budgets RF Radiation Limits Across Multiple Antennas
Your phone has multiple antennas, and keeping total radiation exposure within legal limits while using all of them at once is a…
Qualcomm Patents a Mapping System That Pools Visual Data Across Multiple Vehicles
Instead of each car building its own map from scratch, Qualcomm's patent describes a system where vehicles pool their visual observations through…
Qualcomm Patents a Self-Correcting Fix for Media Data Burst Size Mismatches
When a device says it's sending a 10MB chunk of video but actually sends 8MB, things break quietly. Qualcomm's new patent builds…
Get the weekly Patentlyze email
We read every patent application Big Tech publishes and send you the ones worth knowing. Plain English, free, every week.