IBM Files Patent to Swap Blurry Screen Shares for Readable Text When Your Connection Drops
When your connection gets bad enough that a shared screen turns to mush, most apps just give up on the video. IBM…
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Google Files Patent to Cut Background Noise Out of Compressed Audio
Google has filed a patent for squeezing audio files by treating your voice and the background racket as two separate things, then…
Google Files Patent to Turn Written Text Into Speech by Cleaning Up Static
Google's text-to-speech method starts with a burst of pure static and cleans it up, pass by pass, until it becomes a person…
Nvidia Files Patent to Read Your Texts Aloud in the Sender's Own Voice
Your phone reads texts aloud in one flat, generic voice. Nvidia's filing describes a version that speaks each message in a voice…
Google DeepMind Files Patent for AI That Flags Disease-Causing Changes in Proteins
A genetic test can turn up a long list of tiny changes in your proteins, and the hard part is knowing which…
Nvidia Files Patent to Stop Transcription Software From Hearing 'NVIDIA' as 'a Video'
Speech software loves to turn a company name into 'a video' and a conference acronym into 'jet ski.' Nvidia's filing describes handing…
OpenAI Files Patent to Stop Its Voice AI From Sounding Like Someone Else
An AI that talks back can also be pushed into sounding like a real person or singing a copyrighted song. OpenAI's filing…
Meta Files Patent for Glasses Batteries Shaped to Fit Inside Slimmer Frames
Smart glasses have to hide a battery inside an arm built to look like regular eyewear, and boxy batteries make that hard.…
AMD Files Patent to Swap Out Audio Glitches With Freshly Generated Sound
A crackle in the middle of a song is over in a blink, yet your ear catches it every time. AMD's new…
Qualcomm Files Patent to Sharpen Future Cell Signals Aimed at Your Phone
Aiming a radio beam at your phone depends partly on where the signal enters the antenna, and Qualcomm's new patent has the…
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