Google Patents a Way to Send Where Sounds Come From During a Call
When you call someone, all sense of where each voice is coming from gets flattened into a single stream of sound. Google…
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Google Patents a Fix for Cameras That Lose Focus in Bright Light
Taking a photo of someone standing in front of a bright window almost always ends badly: the camera either exposes for the…
Sony Patents an Image Sensor That Converts Light to Data Faster and at Lower Power
Sony has filed a patent for an image sensor design that uses a bank of switches to control when each pixel's comparator…
Adobe Patents an AI That Selects Photo Materials at Two Levels With One Click
Clicking on marble in a photo usually means choosing between selecting the whole surface or just the dark veins running through it.…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Fills In Missing Details on Rough 3D Maps
Automated 3D models of the real world are often full of blurry, low-detail objects, think a smudged blob where a fire hydrant…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Keep Only the Video Frames That Actually Matter for AI
Most AI video analysis wastes memory saving frames that don't matter. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system that scores each frame's importance…
Apple Patents Siri That Shifts to Different Privacy Rules During Phone Calls
Apple wants Siri to know when you're on a phone call and automatically dial back what it shares or does with your…
Samsung Patents a Fix That Stops Augmented Reality From Misreading Hand Gestures
Hand-tracking systems sometimes place finger-joint markers in the wrong spot, floating outside the actual hand outline. Samsung has filed a patent for…
Adobe Patents a Text-to-3D System That Lets You Edit Objects by Describing Changes
Adobe is working on a system that takes a plain-text description, builds a 3D object, and then lets you revise it just…
Samsung Patent Filing Targets Cameras That Adapt Between Bright and Dark Scenes
Samsung has filed a patent for an image sensor that can switch between two different electrical reference signals on the fly, a…
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