Microsoft Patents a System That Learns Which Notifications You're Going to Ignore
Every app has sent you a notification you immediately dismissed, deleted, or muted the sender over. Microsoft is patenting a way to…
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Meta Patents a Snap-On Face Cushion That Detaches From VR Headsets
Anyone who has ever peeled a sweaty foam face pad off a VR headset knows the problem. Meta is patenting a cleaner…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Borrow Color Detail From AI-Upscaled Frames
Nvidia has filed a patent for a system that takes color information produced during AI upscaling and feeds it back into lower-resolution…
IBM Patent Would Let Self-Driving Cars Film and Upload Viral Road Incidents
IBM has filed a patent that would let autonomous vehicles automatically film roadside events, judge whether the footage has viral potential, and…
Adobe Patents an AI System That Adds Realistic Shadows to Pasted-In Objects
Pasting an object into a photo is the easy part. Making it look like it actually belongs there, complete with a shadow…
Qualcomm Patents a Leaner Way for Cars to Read Lane Lines
Drawing a lane line sounds simple, but for a self-driving system every extra data point burns processing power and time. Qualcomm's new…
Sony Patent Splits Personal Data Across Machines for Private AI Processing
Sony is patenting a way to run AI analysis on personal data without any single computer ever getting to see the whole…
Google Patents a Tap-to-Add Word Suggestion Tool for AI Image Generators
Getting AI image generators to produce what you actually want is notoriously tricky. Google is patenting a system that watches what you…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Builds 3D Scene Maps From Ordinary Cameras
Cameras are cheap; lidar sensors are not. Nvidia has filed a patent for an AI pipeline that reads ordinary 2D photos and…
Samsung Patents AI Video Technology That Tracks How Objects Move Across Frames
Samsung is patenting a video decoding system that uses two neural networks in sequence to reconstruct video frames, leaning on remembered motion…
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