Samsung Patents a System That Gives Every App Its Own Battery Budget
Instead of letting apps compete freely for battery power, Samsung's new patent describes a system where the network itself hands each app…
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IBM Patents a System That Hides Parts of a Virtual Space Based on Who You Are
Imagine walking into a virtual office and some rooms are simply invisible to you because your job title doesn't grant you clearance…
Apple Patents On-Screen UI Elements That Squash and Stretch Based on How You Swipe
Apple is patenting on-screen buttons and interface objects that behave like soft physical materials, stretching in the direction you push and compressing…
Meta Patents an AI That Drops 3D Objects Into Photos and Matches the Scene Automatically
Meta is patenting a way to let AI study a photo, figure out what's in it, and then insert a 3D object…
Adobe Patents a Digital Brush That Simulates How Paint Drips With Gravity
When you tip a real canvas sideways, paint drips. Digital brushes have never really cared about that, Adobe wants to change it.
Apple Patent Unifies Shared Photos and Library Results in a Single Search
Ever searched your photo library and couldn't find a picture because someone sent it to you in Messages instead of saving it?…
Patent: Smarter Image Shrinking Powers Next-Gen AR Headsets
Sending sharp images to a headset display is a constant tug-of-war between quality and speed. Meta's latest patent describes a system that…
Qualcomm Patents a More Efficient Way for Cars to See Themselves From Above
Your car's driver-assist system already stitches together feeds from several cameras, but doing that in real time takes serious computing power. Qualcomm's…
Intel Patents a 5G Location Method That Reads Multiple Frequencies at Once
GPS works great outdoors, but inside buildings and dense cities it struggles badly. Intel is patenting a way for 5G devices to…
Qualcomm Patents Phones Verifying Each Other's GPS Data to Flag Fake Locations
What if your phone could tell when a nearby device is lying about where it is? Qualcomm's new patent describes exactly that:…
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