New Wristband Patent Cuts Noise in Muscle Signal Detection
Meta is building wristbands that can read the electrical signals your muscles produce, and this patent reveals a specific trick for making…
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New Sony Patent Fixes Timing Mismatch Between Two Different Sensors
Two sensors watching the same room but running at different speeds create a subtle but real problem: the data they produce doesn't…
Tesla Patents a Rapid Hot-Cold Testing System for Vehicle Components
Before any part goes into a Tesla, it has to survive the temperature equivalent of a polar plunge after a sauna. Tesla…
Samsung Patents a Projector That Knows If It's Pointing at a Wall or Floor
Samsung is patenting a projector that figures out whether it's aimed at a wall or a floor, then automatically switches certain sensors…
Qualcomm Patent Uses Stars and Sky to Calibrate Sensors
Stars have been used for navigation for thousands of years. Qualcomm wants to use them to keep your device's sensors honest.
IBM Patents a Way to Snap LiDAR Product Scans Into Virtual Factory Models
IBM wants to let factory managers walk through a virtual copy of their entire facility and pull up a detailed 3D scan…
Google Patent Chooses the Safer Command When Radar Misreads Your Gesture
When a radar sensor can't quite tell what gesture you just made, Google's new patent says the device should guess wrong in…
Meta Files Patent for Wristband Combining EMG Muscle Tracking and Heart Rate Monitoring
Meta wants to put two very different body sensors in the same wristband capsule and make sure they never step on each…
Samsung Patents a Home Automation System That Reads What You're Doing
Samsung is patenting a system that watches your actions and the state of your connected devices, then automatically adjusts everything around you…
Samsung Patents a Distance-Scanning Sensor That Checks Its Own Accuracy While Operating
Every LiDAR sensor drifts a little as its laser signal fluctuates, and those tiny errors add up into wrong distance readings. Samsung's…
Sony Files Patent for Radar-Based Body Fluid Monitoring
Sony is exploring a way to measure fluids inside your body, like blood, using radar signals bounced through your skin. No needle,…
Samsung Patents a Stovetop That Checks In With Other Home Devices While Idle
Samsung's latest patent describes an induction cooktop that doesn't fully switch off when you're done cooking. Instead, it checks in with other…
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