Samsung Patents an AI That Swaps Out Your Real Data Before Reading Your Messages
Samsung is patenting a clever sleight-of-hand: before your phone's AI model reads your messages or contacts, it quietly swaps your real private…
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Samsung Patents an Antenna That Wraps Around the Camera to Save Space
As smartphone cameras keep growing, they're eating up the real estate that antennas need. Samsung's latest patent tackles that trade-off head-on by…
Samsung Patents a Camera Sensor That Captures Photos Two Ways at Once
Samsung is patenting a camera sensor that shoots in two different shutter modes simultaneously and merges the results — a practical attempt…
Zoox Patents a Way to Stop Self-Driving Cars from Missing Thin Objects
When a self-driving car scans the world in 3D, thin or sparse features like a truck's side mirror or a bike's handlebar…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Reads Documents the Way Humans Do
Nvidia is patenting a way to teach machines how to read documents the way humans do — understanding that a heading introduces…
Nvidia's New Patent Teaches Machines to See Objects by Listening to Them
Nvidia is patenting a way to use neural networks to extract image-like object features directly from audio — essentially letting a system…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Spots the Same Person Across Different Cameras
Nvidia has filed a patent for a system that can recognize the same person across different camera feeds — even when the…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Stop Flickering Artifacts in Real-Time Graphics
Random noise in rendered images isn't all bad — but the wrong kind of noise creates ugly, flickering artifacts. Nvidia's new patent…
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Meta Patents a Way to Send You a Text Summary When a Video Won't Load
When your connection drops too low to stream a video, Meta's new patent describes a system that automatically sends you an AI-generated…
Meta's New Patent Puts Translation in 3D Space So You Hear Both Languages at Once
Imagine hearing someone speak in French while simultaneously hearing the English translation — each voice coming from a distinct direction in 3D…
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