Sony Files Patent for Needle-Free Glucose Readings That Account for Body Water
Sony has filed for a blood sugar reader that sends faint microwaves into your skin, then corrects the result for how much…
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Samsung Files Patent for a Health Sensor That Focuses Light Without Curved Glass
Samsung's filing describes a health sensor whose lenses and filters are flat surfaces covered in microscopic pillars, built to ignore the glare…
Samsung Files Patent to Keep Wheeled Robots on Course When a Wheel Lifts Off the Floor
Samsung's robot rides on several swiveling wheel units, and this patent covers what happens when one of them briefly leaves the floor.…
Apple Files Patent to Help Its 3D Sensors Tell a Smudge From a Nearby Object
Apple's filing teaches a laser depth sensor to tell a smudge on its own window from a real object a few inches…
Sony Files Patent for a Laser Distance Sensor That Learns From Its Own Errors
A laser sensor that scans the road ahead can only be as accurate as its laser sweep is straight. Sony's patent describes…
Samsung Files Patent to Turn Messy Robot Vacuum Maps Into Tidy 3D Floor Plans
Your robot vacuum already knows your floor plan, but the map it draws can look like it was sketched during an earthquake.…
Google Files Patent to Let Your Gadgets Learn New Hand Gestures Without a Training Session
Gesture controls usually come with homework: learn the moves first, then use them. Google's filing describes a radar device that picks up…
Sony Files Patent for Drones That Dodge Fast Objects After One Laser Scan
Sony's drone patent teaches a flying robot to be honest about how much it knows: the fewer laser points land on an…
Samsung Files Patent for a Refrigerator That Tells Your Phone What You Already Have at the Store
Your fridge could tell you, right there in the produce aisle, that you already have three onions at home and show you…
Tesla Patents a Touch-Sensitive Skin Molded to Fit Robot Hands
Tesla has filed a recipe for giving robot hands a sense of touch: print a sensor flat, then heat it into the…
Sony Patents a Location-Aware System for Cleaning Up Distorted Readings from Sensors
Sensors don't produce clean data everywhere at once, and Sony wants to fix the spots where distortion is most predictable by building…
Sony Patents a System That Checks Its Surroundings Before Sending Sensor Data
Sony has filed a patent for a device that first sizes up its environment before deciding what sensor data to send anywhere.…
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