Google's New Patent Uses Head Movements to Correct Smart-Glasses Eye Tracking
Eye-tracking on AR glasses tends to drift over time, turning a precise tool into a frustrating guessing game. Google's new patent describes…
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Qualcomm Patents a Way to Keep AR Headsets Smooth When the Phone Does the Heavy Lifting
Qualcomm is working on a scheduling system that lets a phone acting as an AR headset's brain decide, moment to moment, whether…
Google Patents a Dedicated Chip Component to Speed Up AI Math Calculations
Google is patenting a small but specialized piece of chip architecture whose only job is to figure out which part of a…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Merge Past and Present Camera Feeds in Self-Driving Cars
A self-driving car that only sees the world in single frozen snapshots will always be a step behind. Nvidia's latest patent filing…
Salesforce Patents a System That Flags Harmful Data Requests Before They Execute
Most database attacks succeed because a malicious query looks like any other SQL command until it's too late. Salesforce has filed a…
Apple Patents Unfakeable Audio Alerts That Could Lock Down Your Mic and Camera
Apple is patenting a dedicated security chip that plays an audio tone every time your microphone or camera is activated, and that…
Samsung Patents a Fix That Stops Background Tasks From Making Screens Stutter
Every time your TV or phone freezes mid-animation, there's a good chance a background process is hogging a resource the display needs.…
Disney Patents a System That Automatically Turns Up Dialogue Over Background Noise
Disney has filed a patent for a streaming audio system that measures the noise level in your room and nudges dialogue louder…
New Microsoft Patent Tracks Cross-App Behavior to Sharpen Recommendations
Microsoft has filed a patent for a recommendation system that doesn't just look at what you've done inside one app. It reaches…
Google Patents a System That Displays AI-Generated Info Cards During Video Playback
Google is working on a system that reads a video as it plays and automatically surfaces a pop-up information card about whatever…
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