New Apple Patent Teaches Room Sensors to Detect Real Occupants
Apple is patenting a presence-detection system that uses one sensor to spot people and a second sensor to verify those detections are…
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Sony Patents an AI That Changes Your PlayStation's Startup Sound Based on Context
That little chime when you turn on a PlayStation could soon sound different depending on whether you switch it on at midnight…
Sony Files Patent That Rethinks How Users Resize Touchscreen Windows
Resizing a window with your finger on a touchscreen is awkward enough that most people avoid it. Sony has filed a patent…
Adobe Patents AI That Spots Patterns Across Records of How Customers Behave
Adobe is teaching an AI to sort through stacks of customer journey maps, find the ones that actually drove results, and answer…
Google Patents Radar Gesture Detection That Works Without Touching Anything
Google is patenting a way for smart devices to recognize hand gestures from up to two meters away using radar, with no…
Samsung Patents a Multi-Server Check for Smart Home Energy Services
Most smart home apps let you see your energy use, but figuring out which devices actually qualify for a utility's power-saving program…
Adobe Patents a System That Turns UI Designs Into Reusable Code Automatically
Every time a designer finishes a screen in a tool like Figma, a developer has to manually translate it into code. Adobe's…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Save Your Phone's State When the Battery Is Pulled
Most phones today have sealed batteries, but Qualcomm is solving a problem for the ones that don't: what happens to everything you…
Apple Patents a System That Suggests Photos to Share Mid-Conversation
Apple is working on a version of Messages that watches your conversation as it unfolds and automatically surfaces photos you might want…
IBM Patents AI System That Translates Legacy Business Code Automatically
Millions of lines of old business software are stuck in programming languages nobody writes anymore, and translating them by hand costs a…
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