Adobe Patents a Way to Fill Holes in 3D Models Using Plain-Text Descriptions
Editing a 3D model has always meant painstaking manual work to patch or replace parts without wrecking the whole shape. Adobe's new…
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Sony Patents an Electromagnetic Scanner That Decides How Hard to Look
Most sensors blast the same number of signals at every frequency and hope for the best. Sony's new patent describes a system…
Samsung Patent Would Auto-Delete Stale AR Frames Before They Glitch Your Headset
When a wireless network falls behind delivering frames to an AR headset, the worst outcome is showing the user a frame that's…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Route Database Queries Through a GPU
Microsoft has filed a patent describing a system that offloads database searches to a graphics chip, potentially speeding up data lookups without…
Apple Patents a Three-Chip Wake-Up System to Cut Photo Lag on Its Headset
Every fraction of a second counts when you try to take a photo. Apple is filing patents to stop its headset from…
Microsoft Patents an AI That Writes the Code Behind Your Data Charts
Every time a data analyst wants to visualize a new cut of their data, they have to write transformation code by hand.…
Apple Patents Virtual Environments That Simulate Real Presentation Venues
Apple is patenting a way to wrap your presentation software in a virtual room that looks like a real-world venue, so the…
Intel Patents a Chip-Level Defense Against Memory Spying Between Programs
Two programs running on the same chip can spy on each other through the processor's own cache memory, without touching each other's…
Apple Patents a Crown That Measures How Hard You Press It
Apple's Digital Crown is already a multi-function dial, but a new patent wants to add one more dimension: knowing exactly how hard…
Microsoft Patents AI Training That Splits Historical Data Across Multiple Workers Simultaneously
Training an AI on years of historical data is slow and expensive, partly because most systems handle that data one chunk at…
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