Apple Patents a System That Stores 3D Scene Data in Less Memory Without Losing Detail
Ray tracing looks incredible but it's brutally expensive on memory bandwidth. Apple's new patent describes a way to store 3D geometry in…
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Apple Patents a Gesture Shortcut to Bring Voices Forward on AirPods
Apple is trying to make it faster to hear the person in front of you when you're wearing AirPods. A new patent…
Google Splits AI Noise Cancellation Between Earbuds and Phone in New Patent
Your earbuds don't have enough computing power to fully clean up your audio on their own. Google's latest patent describes a way…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Pilot Robots From Inside a Teams-Style Meeting
Microsoft is patenting a setup where a person can steer a robot in the field without leaving their shared workspace, using the…
Microsoft Patents AI Agent System to Direct and Control Robotic Devices
Microsoft is patenting a system where a human doesn't control a robot directly. Instead, they describe what needs to happen, and an…
Microsoft Patents a Camera That Moves Its Own Sensor in Six Directions
Most cameras stabilize a shot by moving the lens. Microsoft's new patent flips that idea and moves the image sensor instead, using…
Microsoft Patents a System for Humans, Robots, and AI to Share Missions
Microsoft is patenting a way to run a single shared session where a human, a robot in the field, and an AI…
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…
Nvidia Patents a System That Keeps Video Sharp While Cutting File Size
Nvidia is patenting a smarter way to compress video: scan the footage once to build a plan, then scan it again to…
Nvidia Patents Software That Builds 3D Shapes From Flat Photos
Nvidia is patenting a system that lets a neural network look at ordinary flat images and reconstruct the three-dimensional shape of objects…
Nvidia Patents a Camera Chip Circuit That Rewires Itself for Different AI Tasks
Camera chips are normally fixed at the factory, doing the same image cleanup steps every time. Nvidia has patented a way to…
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Amazon Patents a Robot Brain That Swaps Skill Modules Based on What You Ask
Most robots are good at one thing. Amazon is working on a system that lets a robot pick the right set of…
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