Google Patents a Tap-to-Cut Photo System That Uses Distance Data to Isolate Objects
Google is filing a patent for a photo system that lets you tap any object in a picture and get a clean…
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Salesforce Patents a System That Automatically Unifies Duplicate Company Names in Databases
Every sales database has the same dirty secret: "IBM," "I.B.M.", and "IBM Corp" are three different companies to a computer. Salesforce just…
Zoox Patents a System That Fixes Radar Speed Errors for Self-Driving Cars
Radar is a self-driving car's first line of defense against collisions, but it has a well-known blind spot: speed measurements can come…
Apple Patents a System That Shares Content Between Devices When They're Near Each Other
Apple has filed a patent for a system that watches what you have selected on one device and, when a second device…
Meta Patents a Display That Adjusts Its Light Beam to Match Your Pupil Size
Your pupil shrinks in bright light and opens wide in dim rooms, and most AR displays simply ignore that. Meta's new patent…
Tesla Patents a Self-Driving Safety System That Reads Its Own Cameras for Blind Spots
When a self-driving car's cameras are blocked by rain, glare, or fog, the car needs to know it's flying blind. Tesla's new…
Zoox Patents a System That Does Route Math in the Cloud So Its Cars Don't Have To
Instead of flooding every car in a fleet with live traffic feeds, Zoox wants a central server to do the heavy math…
Sony Patents an AI System That Diagnoses and Fixes Your Devices Remotely
Sony is patenting a system where a remote AI server watches for device problems, writes its own diagnostic software on the spot,…
Adobe Patents a System That Writes AI Prompts From Whatever Your Cursor Hovers Over
Adobe is patenting a system that watches where your cursor goes and starts generating AI content before you even click. The idea…
Zoox Patents a Color-Coded Lane Map System for Its Self-Driving Cars
When a self-driving car gets a destination, it needs to know not just where to go but which lane to be in…
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