Google Files Patent for Telling a Robot Dog What to Do in Plain English
Google's patent application has a chatbot write a scorecard for a robot instead of telling its motors what to do. Type 'make…
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Waymo Files Patent for Truck Stops Where Self-Driving Vehicles Exchange Cargo Loads
Self-driving trucks handle highways far better than crowded city streets, and Waymo's new patent builds a whole relay system around that. Trailers…
Samsung Files Patent to Keep Wheeled Robots on Course When a Wheel Lifts Off the Floor
Samsung's robot rides on several swiveling wheel units, and this patent covers what happens when one of them briefly leaves the floor.…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Training AI to Erase Objects From Photos Cleanly
Erasing a stranger from your photo is easy to ask for and hard to do well. Qualcomm's new patent covers how to…
Samsung Files Patent for a Voice Assistant That Picks the Right-Sized AI for Each Request
Ask your voice assistant one simple thing and this Samsung filing says a small AI should answer. Pile on more requests and…
Samsung Files Patent to Stop AI From Making Up Details About Photos
Samsung describes a way to have an AI write several captions for a photo, rank them, and learn from the best and…
Nvidia Files Patent to Make Animated Characters Change Mood Mid-Sentence
Most animated characters wear one mood per line of dialogue. Nvidia's filing describes an AI that tracks how emotion shifts through a…
Microsoft Files Patent for AI That Rewrites What Speakers Said in Recorded Video
Microsoft's patent application describes AI that can change the words a person says in a recorded video, then redraw their lips so…
Samsung Files Patent to Turn Sounds Into Matching Vibrations on Your Phone or Watch
A Samsung patent application describes a phone or watch that listens to its own audio and builds a matching vibration on the…
Samsung Files Patent to Stop Phone Cameras From Reading Stacked Words as Gibberish
Samsung's filing teaches a phone camera to read a sign every which way, then keep only the reading that is an actual…
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