Apple Files Patent for Paying for Parking Reservations Through Your Car's Screen
Apple wants your car's dashboard screen to be a checkout counter. A newly published patent describes a system where you tap your…
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Google Patent Automates Navigation to Specific Content Across Different Apps
Every time you tap a link that's supposed to open inside an app and end up staring at the app's home screen…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Reconstruct Broken Lane Lines for Self-Driving Cars
Faded paint, shadows, and partial obstructions make lane markings one of the trickier problems for self-driving cars. Nvidia's latest patent describes a…
Samsung Files Patent for Controlling Smart Signal-Reflecting Panels in 5G and 6G Networks
Imagine covering a dead zone behind a building not by adding a new cell tower, but by installing a flat panel that…
IBM Patents AI That Scores Online Identity Checks Before Granting Access
Every time two computer systems verify each other's digital identities, something could go wrong. IBM wants an AI to judge whether that…
Qualcomm Patents a Digital Twin System That Cross-Checks Your Phone's Location
Your phone says it's here. The network isn't so sure. Qualcomm wants to build a virtual copy of the whole network to…
Microsoft Patent Enables Interactive 3D Objects to Be Embedded Inside Ordinary Videos
Imagine watching a product video and being able to spin the item around yourself, without leaving the video player. Microsoft's new patent…
Samsung Patents a Wi-Fi Scanning System That Knows When You've Arrived
Your phone already knows roughly where you are, but Samsung wants it to know precisely when you've crossed into a specific zone…
Sony Patents a System for Jumping to Any Point in a 3D Video File Without Losing Quality
Skipping to a specific moment in a compressed 3D video file is harder than it sounds. Sony's new patent describes a way…
Apple Patents a System That Merges Sensor Data Across Devices to Identify Nearby Objects
What if your iPhone, your Apple Watch, and a Vision Pro headset could all pool their sensor readings together to figure out…
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