Microsoft Files Patent to Let Apps Turn On Your Laptop's Privacy Screen Automatically
Some laptops already have a privacy screen built in, but it only helps if you remember to switch it on. Microsoft's patent…
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Apple Files Patent to Let Flat-Screen Apps Understand Your Gaze and Touch in 3D
An app written for a phone has never heard of eye gaze or reaching into the air. Apple's filing describes a translator…
Sony Files Patent to Shrink Game Streams by Cutting Holes in Frames
Sony's patent deliberately punches holes in video game frames to save bandwidth, then leaves a few tiny hint pixels so a second…
Google Files Patent to Let You Circle Several Things and Search Them Together
Screen search tools today mostly let you pick one spot at a time. Google's filing lets you circle several, signal which matters…
Google Files Patent for a Camera That Sorts Recyclable Plastic by Its Chemistry
A camera that records light your eyes can't see could tell whether a plastic item is clean enough to recycle, and it…
Microsoft Files Patent for an AI-Made Answer Key That Catches Chatbot Mistakes
Microsoft's filing has an AI write its own answer key from documents experts already checked, then holds chatbot replies up against that…
Google Files Patent to Make Lifelike 3D Scenes Run Smoothly on Your Phone
Lifelike 3D scenes built from ordinary photos usually need a powerful computer to view. Google's filing shows a way to draw them…
Samsung Files Patent to Fix Washed-Out Colors on See-Through AR Glasses
See-through AR glasses can't draw black, because they only add light to what you're already looking at. Samsung's patent has the glasses…
Qualcomm Files Patent to Let Cars Pinpoint Each Other Using Painted Lane Lines
On a bare highway, a car's camera has almost nothing to latch onto, but the painted lane lines are always there. Qualcomm's…
Google Files Patent to Cut the Computing Cost of AI-Generated Speech and Audio
Google's filing breaks AI sound generation into two jobs: a big model sketches each tiny slice of time, and a much smaller…
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