AR Glasses Patent Uses Display Brightness to Power Iris Scanning
Most iris scanners need a dedicated infrared light to read your eye. Samsung's latest patent proposes using the display you're already looking…
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Samsung Patents a Microphone System That Learns Your Voice as You Speak
Most voice assistants struggle when you move from a quiet room to a busy street. Samsung's latest patent describes a system that…
Samsung Files Patent for a Device-to-Device Location System Built for 5G and 6G
Most phone location systems rely on towers talking to your device. Samsung is patenting a method where devices talk to each other…
Samsung Patents an Air Conditioner That Shuts Off When the Room Is Empty
Your air conditioner has no idea whether you're actually in the room. Samsung wants to fix that with a built-in occupancy sensor…
Samsung Patents a Training Method for AI That Restores Corrupted Images
Samsung has filed a patent for a new way to train AI models to repair corrupted or degraded images, using a technique…
Samsung Patents a System That Fixes Screen Distortion Before the Image Reaches Your Eyes
Before an image ever reaches your eyes, Samsung wants a device to rearrange every pixel so that lens or screen distortion cancels…
Zoox Patents a Backup Brain That Keeps Its Robotaxis Moving After a Computer Crash
When one of the computers inside a Zoox robotaxi fails mid-ride, the vehicle can't just pull over and wait for a tow…
Nvidia Patents a System That Builds 3D Maps of Objects From Flat Sensor Readings
Most cameras only see the world in flat, 2D images. Nvidia's new patent describes a way for a machine to figure out…
Nvidia Patents a Multi-Sensor Location System for Self-Driving Vehicles
Getting a self-driving car to know exactly where it is on the road is harder than it sounds. Nvidia's latest patent describes…
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Nvidia Patents a Depth-Judging System That Measures Object Distance From Two Camera Shots
Figuring out how far away something is has always been one of the hardest problems in computer vision. Nvidia's new patent describes…
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