Sony Patents a Robot That Uses Touch and Distance Sensing Together to Understand Objects
Most robots rely on cameras or lasers to figure out what's in front of them. Sony is filing for something that also…
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Nvidia Patents a Way to Multiply Robot Training Videos Without Extra Recording
Teaching a robot to do something new requires enormous amounts of video footage, and collecting that footage in the real world is…
Sony Patents a Robot Arm That Knows When to Push and When to Give Way
Programming a robot arm to handle every possible obstacle is a nightmare, so Sony is trying a different approach: let the arm…
Samsung Patents a Way to Cut Always-On Display Power Without Dimming the Screen
Always-On Display is one of those features people love until they notice how fast it drains the battery. Samsung's new patent targets…
Samsung Patents a Privacy Screen Filter That Fades Out Instead of Cutting Off
Samsung is working on a privacy screen that doesn't just slam a dark curtain over sensitive content. Instead, it softens the blocked…
IBM Patents an AI System That Picks Its Own Quantum Error-Correction Settings
Quantum computers make a lot of mistakes, and fixing those mistakes currently requires a lot of expert guesswork. IBM has filed a…
Sony Patents a Brightness-Correction System for Medical Cameras That Use Glowing Dyes
Fluorescence cameras used in surgery can produce images where the edges look dimmer than the center, making it harder to spot exactly…
Samsung Patents a Display That Captures HDR Photos Without a Camera Cutout
Samsung is working on a screen that can take high-dynamic-range photos without any visible camera hole, by hiding light-sensing pixels directly inside…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Polish Game Frames With a Dedicated AI Chip
Qualcomm has filed a patent describing a system that takes a fully rendered game frame and immediately passes it to a separate…
Nvidia Patents a System That Tests and Fixes Its Own Autonomous Machine Simulations
Before a self-driving car or robot ever touches the real world, it has to pass a lot of virtual tests. Nvidia's new…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Use Radio Signals to Sharpen What a Camera Focuses On
Cameras already know where to look, but Qualcomm wants them to know where to look more precisely, by pulling in radio signal…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Matches Robot Scans to Building Floor Plans
Getting a robot to know exactly where it is inside a building sounds simple, but matching the map a robot draws on…
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