Nvidia Patents Technology That Rebuilds Real Locations in Three Dimensions from Phone Footage
What if your phone's camera — just one lens, no depth sensor — could reconstruct a full 3D model of everything it…
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Nvidia Patents Technology That Fixes Color Distortion Its Own Image Processing Creates
Every time a camera chip tweaks a pixel to look better — adjusting for infrared light, for example — it quietly makes…
Nvidia Patents a Lighting Cache System That Speeds Up Ray-Traced Scenes
Ray tracing looks stunning but it's brutally expensive — your GPU has to figure out how every light source affects every surface…
Nvidia Patents a Neural Network System for Rendering 3D Virtual World Images
Nvidia has patented a method for using neural networks to synthesize images directly from three-dimensional virtual environments — a technique that could…
Tesla Patents a Dashboard Panel That Hides Its Graphics Until You Need Them
Tesla is patenting a way to make dashboard panels look like blank, unmarked surfaces — until a backlight switches on and reveals…
Tesla Patents a Dashboard Display Showing How Hard Each Wheel Is Pulling
Tesla is working on a system that shows drivers — in plain, visual terms — exactly how hard each wheel is working…
Tesla Patents a Windshield Washer Pump That Monitors Its Own Fluid Level
Tesla is patenting a windshield washer pump that also checks whether the reservoir is running low — folding two separate parts into…
OpenAI Patents a Custom AI Chip That Stacks Memory Directly on the Processor
Moving data around inside a chip burns a surprising amount of energy — and OpenAI thinks the fix is to stop moving…
OpenAI Patents a Way to Make Its AI Actually Think Before Refusing You
Most AI guardrails are more like a lookup table than a conscience — the model pattern-matches your request against a list of…
Amazon Patents an AI Inspection Station That Checks Warehouse Robots for Damage
Amazon wants to automate one of the more tedious jobs in a warehouse: checking whether the mobile shelving units that ferry your…
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