Intellectual Property

Samsung's newly granted patent describes a radar-based system designed to turn "any display device" — including, the patent notes, "a wall or any projector screen" — into a virtual touchscreen, with the radar transceiver's field of view serving as a sensing zone for hand and finger gestures. Fig. 2C illustrates the projector-screen use case: a standalone radar peripheral, wirelessly connected to a host device, sits in view of an image cast onto a wall, with the radar's field of view (FoV) overlapping the projected display area. Named inventors are North Texas-based: Vutha Va and Boon Loong Ng of Plano, Anum Ali of Frisco, and Jianzhong Zhang of Dallas. [Composite image: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12601813, Fig. 2C; DI Studio]

A patented golf ball from Dallas-based Topgolf International comprises "piezoelectric material and a wireless transmitter" along with an integrated gyroscope, magnetometer, and Bluetooth radio, designed to relay speed, spin, and location data without the sensor infrastructure that RFID-based systems require. [Composite illustration. Sources: U.S. Patent No. 12,564,768, Fig. 1A; DI Studio]

Prive Products of Dallas has received a newly granted patent for making degradable drinking straws made of ice or other frozen liquids. Invented by Thomas Surgent, the setup uses tubes extending into a reservoir and a connecting bar that directs hot and cold fluid into the tubes to form an ice straw with a hollow cavity for sipping—cooling the drink as it’s used. [Composite image: Sources, USPTO Patent #12484726, Fig. 5a; DI Studio]