Waymo Patents System That Reroutes Drop-Offs Away From Bad Weather
Nobody wants to step out of a self-driving car into a downpour. Waymo is patenting a system that reroutes you to a…
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Samsung Patent Lets You Float Phone App Controls Into Your Physical Space
Samsung is working on a way to pull the controls for an app running on your phone out of the screen entirely…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Reads Multiple Fingerprints Through a Display at Once
Most phones today can read one fingerprint through the screen. Qualcomm is patenting the plumbing that lets a single chip coordinate several…
OpenAI Patents a Circuit That Runs Calculations Faster by Switching Math Types Automatically
OpenAI has filed a patent for a compute engine that can flip between two different styles of math on demand, and powers…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Run AI Models Inside Your Browser Without the Cloud
Microsoft has filed a patent for running AI entirely inside your web browser, on your own device, without sending your data to…
Disney Patents a System That Projects Images Onto Moving, Reflective Surfaces in Real Time
A shiny, rippling costume or a flowing metallic fabric is basically the worst canvas imaginable for a digital projector. Disney just filed…
Adobe Patents an AI Tool That Generates Themed Design Elements From a Text Prompt
Type 'birthday party' into an Adobe app and watch a set of matching clipart-style objects appear, ready to drag into your design.…
IBM Patent Uses Virtual Reality to Detect Early Signs of Cognitive Decline
IBM has patented a system that uses a computer-generated virtual world to screen people for signs of cognitive disorders, adjusting the difficulty…
Apple Patents Tech That Wraps Flat Video Into a 3D Room Around You
Apple is working on a system that takes ordinary flat video, think a movie or a TV show, and automatically reconstructs it…
Samsung Patents a Radar System That Cross-Checks Its Own Angle Readings
Radar sensors often guess wrong about where an object sits in 3D space because measuring angles in two directions at once is…
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