Adobe Patents an AI System That Cleans Up Sloppy Object-Removal Edges
Removing an object from a photo sounds simple until the AI leaves a halo of leftover pixels at the edge. Adobe's new…
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Adobe Patents a System That Uses Influencer Posts to Predict Product Demand
Adobe wants to watch what influencers post across social platforms, match those posts to product catalogs, and automatically route ads to audiences…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Bundle Matrix Math Instructions Before They Hit the Accelerator
Every time a CPU fires an instruction at a hardware accelerator, there's overhead in the handoff. Qualcomm's new patent is about collapsing…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Build Digital Twins from Distributed Camera Networks
Qualcomm is patenting a method for stitching together live visual feeds from multiple network nodes into a real-time 3D model of a…
Qualcomm Patents a Memory Architecture with Dedicated Metadata Storage Lanes
Qualcomm is patenting a memory controller design that gives metadata — the bookkeeping information attached to every chunk of data — its…
Qualcomm Patents a Self-Tuning Filter for GPS Signal Errors Caused by the Atmosphere
Every GPS fix you get has been quietly distorted by the ionosphere — the charged layer of atmosphere that bends and delays…
Qualcomm Patents an AI That Blends Any Image's Style With Any Other's Content
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system that can take the visual style of one image and apply it to the…
Qualcomm Patents an Encrypted RFID Tag That Finds Lost Items Without Exposing Your Identity
Qualcomm has filed a patent for an RFID-based lost-and-found system that lets you locate a missing item through a crowd of strangers'…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Stops Nearby Shelf Labels from Flashing the Same Alert
When two electronic shelf labels are inches apart and both need to flash an alert, how does a store employee know which…
Qualcomm Patents a Wireless System That Knows When Shelf Items Go Missing
Qualcomm is patenting a way for store shelves to automatically notice when a tagged item has been picked up or removed —…
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