Nvidia Patents a More Accurate Way to Light Hair and Fur in 3D Scenes
Getting hair, fur, and fabric to look real in a 3D scene is one of the oldest headaches in computer graphics. Nvidia…
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Nvidia Patents Software That Chooses How to Sharpen Your Blurry Images Faster
Choosing the right algorithm to reconstruct an image is usually a job for a human expert. Nvidia is filing patents on a…
Samsung Patents a Two-Model AI System for Producing Realistic 3D Lighting in Images
Getting 3D graphics to look truly realistic comes down to one brutally hard problem: simulating how light scatters off every surface in…
Samsung Patents a Processor That Checks Its Own Math for Errors While It Works
Samsung is patenting a processor that can detect errors in its own calculations while doing those calculations, not after. That small timing…
Samsung Patents a Speaker That Tunes Itself by Listening Through Multiple Microphones
Most speakers sound different in every room, and most people never bother to fix that. Samsung is filing patents for a system…
Samsung Patents a Self-Correcting 3D Display That Fixes Its Own Sync Problems
If you've ever watched a 3D movie and noticed the image going slightly double or ghostly, you've experienced a sync problem between…
Qualcomm Patents a Camera Sensor That Dials Down Its Own Light Sensitivity
Taking a photo in blinding sunlight or of a bright stage can overwhelm a camera sensor, leaving you with a washed-out mess.…
Samsung Patents a Chip That Handles Two Data Tasks Simultaneously
Most processor cores finish one memory task before starting the next. Samsung is patenting a design that lets a chip run a…
Nvidia Patents a Fix for Grainy, Computer-Generated Images of Curved Surfaces
Ray tracing makes scenes look stunning, but it introduces visual noise that has to be cleaned up afterward. Nvidia's new patent tackles…
Nvidia Patents a Method to Split Lighting Calculations Across Multiple Computers Without Repeating Work
Ray tracing, the technique that makes 3D graphics look photo-realistic, is enormously expensive to compute. Nvidia's new patent tackles a specific headache:…
Nvidia Files Patent to Catch Faulty Timing Before Sensor Readings Are Corrupted
When a chip's internal clock drifts, the data it produces can become unreliable without anything obviously breaking. Nvidia's patent describes a system…
Sony Files Patent for a Display System That Controls How Often LEDs Switch Off
Sony is patenting a way to precisely manage how frequently the LEDs in a display array blink off, a subtle but important…
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