Microsoft Files Patent for Photo Search That Stays Inside One Store's Catalog
Microsoft describes a photo search service where every store gets its own private collection, so snapping a picture of a jacket searches…
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Disney Files Patent for a Flying Theater Ride That Starts Flat and Tips Upright
Disney's filing describes a ride cabin that loads you on a flat floor, then swings upright to face a screen and heaves…
Apple Files Patent to Swap Out a Failing AI Model on Your Phone's Cellular Link
Apple's filing describes a phone that keeps score on its own AI, notices when the guesses go bad, and switches to a…
Microsoft Files Patent to Sort Spreadsheet Reviews by Asking AI About Only a Few
Asking an AI to label every row of a huge spreadsheet column is slow and expensive, so Microsoft's patent application has it…
IBM Files Patent for an AI Referee That Picks the Best Chatbot Answer
Ask a chatbot about this week's weather and it may tell you it can't know. IBM's patent application describes a referee that…
IBM Files Patent for an App That Guesses Your Next Click and Places Tips There
Most software hides its own help in places you never look. IBM's patent application describes a system that guesses where you are…
Adobe Files Patent to Make Lips Match Overlaid Audio Without Losing the Speaker's Style
Dubbed video has a familiar flaw: the new audio plays while the speaker's mouth is still shaping the old words. Adobe's filing…
Apple Files Patent to Nudge You Into Position for Eye-Scan Logins
Apple's patent gives an eye-scanning device a way to tell you what's wrong when it can't get a good look at you,…
A New Adobe Patent Keeps AI-Made People Looking Right When the Camera Zooms and Pans
AI-generated video of a person tends to fall apart the moment the camera moves in close or swings around. Adobe's new filing…
A New Microsoft Patent Teaches AI to Recognize One Building From Any Floor Plan
Microsoft's filing describes teaching an AI to recognize that an architect's blueprint, a computer-drawn plan and a scanner-built map of the same…
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