Microsoft Patents Game Controller Scroll Wheels Built to Free Up Space Inside
Microsoft has filed a patent application for game controller scroll wheels that move their sensor out to the end of a long…
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Sony Patents Phone Icons That Show Which of Your Two SIM Cards Is Online
If your phone has two SIMs, it usually can't tell you which one is actually handling your download. Sony's patent application puts…
Sony Files Patent for Fine-Tuning Cameras That Have No Lens
A camera with no lens has to rebuild its pictures with math, and that math only works if the software knows exactly…
Samsung Patents a Fix for Thumbnails That Don't Match the Photo You Took
You tap the shutter, check the thumbnail, then watch a different-looking photo replace it. Samsung's patent application builds both from the exact…
Sony Patents Tiny Walls That Stop Camera Pixels From Disturbing Each Other
Sony has a camera chip that tries to take normal pictures and spot sudden motion at the same moment. This patent application…
Apple Files Patent for Camera Zoom Buttons That Separate Lens Zoom From Digital Zoom
Apple's filing splits your camera's zoom bar into one button per real lens and a separate button for digital zoom, so the…
Sony Files Patent for a Camera Sensor That Captures Moving Subjects Without Warping
Sony has drawn up a camera pixel that records a whole frame at once, so a spinning fan or a speeding car…
Google Patents an AI Reviewer That Grades How Good Your Videos Look
Google describes an AI that watches a video roughly the way a viewer would. It scores how interesting the footage is, how…
Sony Patents a Camera Sensor That Flags Which Parts of a Photo to Ignore
Most of a factory camera's picture is empty conveyor belt, yet the computer behind it usually analyzes every pixel anyway. A new…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Tagging Car Video With Details About the Camera That Shot It
A car camera doesn't capture a whole frame in one instant, and a new Qualcomm patent adds a note to the video…
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