Apple Patent Reveals Incoming Video Calls That Stream Footage Before You Answer
Apple is patenting a video calling system where the other person's camera feed appears on your screen before you decide to answer.…
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Qualcomm Patent Enables AR Glasses to Identify and Look Up Nearby Objects
Point your AR glasses at something and get instant information about it. That's the core idea behind a new Qualcomm patent that…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Plan Robot Paths on a GPU in Parallel
Planning a route for a self-driving car or robot arm sounds simple until you realize the machine has to weigh thousands of…
New VR Patent Optimizes Eye-Scanning Light Settings for Tracking and Login
Inside a VR headset, your eyes are doing two very different jobs at once: telling the software where you're looking, and proving…
Samsung Patents a Two-Model AI System for Producing Realistic 3D Lighting in Images
Getting 3D graphics to look truly realistic comes down to one brutally hard problem: simulating how light scatters off every surface in…
Samsung Patent Adjusts Video Content According to Your Body's Physical Reactions
Samsung is exploring a TV or streaming device that doesn't just play content, it watches you back, using sensor readings to slip…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Rebuilds Detailed 3D Objects From Compact Video Streams
Streaming a realistic 3D model of a person or object in real time is a data nightmare. Qualcomm's new patent describes a…
Samsung Patent Covers AR Glasses That Stay Stable Inside a Moving Vehicle
AR glasses that work well while you're walking around are one thing. Getting them to work inside a moving car, where the…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Vault System for Managing Data Encryption Keys
Samsung is patenting a system where a device encrypts its own encryption key twice over, sending it to two completely separate security…
Samsung Patents a System That Scrubs Personal Data Before It Hits the Blockchain
Blockchains are famously permanent and public, which creates a real problem when a device wants to share data on one without exposing…
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