Apple Patents a System for Splitting Web Pages Into Step-by-Step Panels
Scrolling through a long webpage has always meant one endless column of text. Apple's new patent describes a way to break that…
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Microsoft Patents an AI That Learns Tasks by Watching Someone Else Do Them
Microsoft wants to turn a single recorded walkthrough into an on-demand AI tutor, so the next person tackling the same task can…
Adobe Patents a Way to Stop AI From Writing Broken Database Code
When you ask an AI to write database code, it can confidently invent column names that don't exist. Adobe's new patent describes…
Google Patents a Smarter System for Deciding Which Search Results You See First
Every time Google serves you a page of search results or YouTube recommendations, a ranking model decided the order. This patent covers…
Salesforce Patents AI That Corrects Its Own Visual Math Mistakes
Counting objects in a photo sounds trivial for a human, but it trips up most AI systems. Salesforce is filing a patent…
Sony Patents a System for Storing Touch Sensations Inside 3D Media Files
Sony is working on a way to embed touch sensations directly into 3D media files, so that when you watch or interact…
Samsung Patents Technology That Keeps 3D Scene Measurements Sharp During Fast Motion
Phones that understand depth in video have a dirty secret: the depth information is really only calculated for individual still frames, leaving…
Apple Patents a Way to Fix AR Colors by Borrowing Cameras from Nearby Devices
Apple's AR headset could one day borrow the cameras on your nearby iPhone or iPad to make sure digital objects look like…
Waymo Patents Technology That Shows Any Street Scene From a New Camera Angle
Waymo is working on a way to generate photorealistic images of roads and environments from camera angles that never actually existed, which…
IBM Patents a Headset That Flags and Labels Factory Defects Automatically
Factory quality inspectors spend as much time writing up what they found as they do actually finding it. IBM's new patent describes…
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