Adobe Patents a Tool That Strips Illustrations Down to Fewer Colors
Anyone who has inherited a vector illustration bloated with dozens of near-identical shades knows the tedium of cleaning it up by hand.…
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Apple Patents a Built-In Vocal Volume Slider for Music Playback
Apple is patenting a music playback screen that lets you turn down just the singer's voice, separate from the rest of the…
Meta Patent Sends AI Responses From Smart Glasses Directly to Your Wrist
You ask your smart glasses a question out loud, and instead of the answer playing through a tiny speaker for everyone nearby…
Qualcomm Patents an AI System That Tracks Eye Movement Inside Virtual Reality Headsets
Getting a headset to know exactly where you're looking is harder than it sounds, especially when a single camera has to figure…
Meta Patent Reveals AI Glasses and Smartwatch Working Together to Complete Tasks
Meta is patenting a system where your smart glasses watch what you're doing in the real world, and your watch tells you…
IBM Patents a Digital Label That Tells the Cloud How to Handle Your Data
IBM wants to attach a smart instruction packet to every dataset before it gets sent off for cloud processing, so the data…
Sony Patent Reveals TV Menus That Shift With Your Picture and Sound Settings
Sony is patenting a TV interface that reshapes itself depending on how you've configured your picture quality and audio settings, which could…
Apple Vision Pro Patent Hides Exactly Where Your Eyes Are Looking
Your eyes reveal a lot more than where you're looking. A new Apple patent describes a way to feed apps the gaze…
Livestreaming Glasses Patent Adds Smart Capture Controls
When you're livestreaming from a pair of smart glasses, you can't exactly glance at a notification panel. Meta's latest patent solves that…
Nvidia Patent Hides 360-Degree Camera Stitching Glitches Through Smart Spatial Masking
When a car's surround-view camera system reshuffles how it blends images together, the result can be a jarring visual pop on screen.…
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