Google Patents a System That Moves an On-Screen Pointer by Turning Your Head
Google is working on a way to let you navigate menus on a headset just by turning your head — no hand…
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Google Patents an Assistant That Knows You're Talking to It Without a Wake Word
What if your Google Assistant could tell you were talking to it just by watching your face and listening to how you…
Google Patents a Preview-Before-You-Commit Swipe Gesture for Suggestions
Imagine hovering over an autocomplete suggestion and seeing exactly what it would look like before you accept it — that's the core…
Google Patents a Spatial Audio Format That Keeps 3D Sound Data Codec-Independent
Google is patenting a way to package 3D audio so that the instructions for placing sound in space are stored separately from…
Google Patents a Prism Assembly That Prepares Light for Injection Into AR Glasses
Getting light from a tiny projector into the paper-thin lens of a pair of AR glasses is one of the hardest optical…
Google Patents a System That Turns Documents Into Natural-Sounding Audio
Google has filed a patent for a system that reads a pile of documents and generates audio that sounds like a real…
Google Patents a Wearable That Aims Its Voice Replies at the Right Person
Most voice assistants just shout their answer into the room. Google's latest patent describes a wearable that figures out which direction a…
Google Patents a Parking System That Finds Open Spots Using Sound and Vibration
Google has filed a patent for a parking detection system that doesn't need cameras or per-space sensors — instead, it listens. A…
Google Patents a Way to Send Only the Changed Bits of Your Context to Its Assistant
Every time you ask Google Assistant something, your phone ships a bundle of context to Google's servers — your location, settings, app…
Google Patents On-Device Audio That Strips Out Every Voice Except Yours
Imagine being on a noisy call and having your phone automatically strip away every voice except the person you asked it to…
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