Adobe Patents an AI That Cuts Out Photo Objects at Multiple Detail Levels at Once
Click once on a car in a photo and Adobe's system could instantly offer you the whole car, just the door, or…
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Sony Patents Technology That Maps a Person's Full Body Shape From a Camera
Sony is working on a system that takes the raw cloud of 3D dots a depth camera captures and automatically maps them…
IBM Patents a Way to Fill Your Virtual Study Room With AI-Generated Classmates
Studying alone in a virtual classroom is its own kind of lonely. IBM has filed a patent for a system that fills…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Clone Anyone's Voice Into a Foreign Language
Microsoft has patented an AI system that can take a short recording of someone's voice and use it to speak an entirely…
Qualcomm Patents a Permission System for Sharing Your AR Avatar in Live Calls
When AR video calls become mainstream, you'll want control over who can see your digital likeness. Qualcomm's new patent builds the plumbing…
Sony Patents a System for Teaching 3D Avatars How Necks Actually Move
When a digital human turns its head or grimaces, the neck skin barely moves in most 3D software. Sony is filing patents…
Apple Patents a Way to Figure Out What You Mean by Watching Where You Look
When you say 'turn that off,' your smart speaker has no idea what 'that' is. Apple's new patent proposes using eye-tracking and…
Apple Patents a Visual Search That Hides Buttons When There's Nothing to Find
Apple's new patent tackles a quiet frustration with visual search: tapping a highlight on a photo only to get a dead end.…
Nvidia Patents Technology That Changes Lighting on People in Video Without Flickering
Nvidia has filed a patent for a system that uses AI to relight people or objects in video in real time, keeping…
Apple Patent Reveals Single Knob That Adjusts Both VR Lenses Simultaneously
Adjusting a VR headset usually means fiddling with each lens separately until your eyes stop aching. Apple's new patent describes a mechanism…
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