Apple Patents a Way for Earbuds to Detect When You Put Them On
Your AirPods already pause when you yank one out, but Apple is working on a more power-efficient way to figure out whether…
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Disney Patents a System That Keeps Projected Images Locked to a Moving Robot's Skin
Imagine a robot character whose face and body display animated visuals that shift and flow perfectly as the robot moves, bends, and…
Xilinx Patents a Chip That Throttles Itself Based on the Math It's Doing
Government export rules cap how fast a chip can compute, but not all math is the same speed. Xilinx wants its chips…
Intel Patent Removes Need for Buffer Hardware in OLED Display Sync
Every OLED screen pulses with tiny light cycles invisible to the naked eye. Intel's new patent describes a way to synchronize incoming…
Samsung Patent Reveals AI Tool That Detects and Fills Missing Photo Elements
Imagine taking a photo of a birthday cake and having your phone notice that no candles are lit, then add them in.…
Samsung Patents Switching Between AI Assistants Mid-Conversation With a Single Word
Samsung is working on a way to let your device run multiple voice assistants at once, and switch between them mid-conversation using…
Samsung Patents a Two-Layer System for Grouping Faces Across Your Photo Library
Your phone's photo app already tries to group pictures by face, but it often splits one person into multiple folders. Samsung is…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Run Multiple AI Personalities in Parallel
Instead of swapping between different AI versions depending on the task, Qualcomm's patent describes running several at once and blending their answers…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Split AI Models Across Multiple Processors
Running a large AI model on a single chip can be slow or impossible if the model is too big. Qualcomm's new…
Nvidia Patents AI That Predicts How a Robot's Body Will Move
Training a robot in simulation only helps if the simulation is accurate. Nvidia is patenting a neural network that learns to predict…
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