Apple Patents a Headset That Slides Its Screens to Match Your Eyes
Apple has filed a patent for a head-mounted display that physically moves its two screens apart or together to match the distance…
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Samsung Patents Technology That Fixes How Memory Chips Receive Data Signals Individually
Every wire carrying data between a processor and memory chips can drift slightly out of sync, and at high speeds that drift…
Google Patents a Way to Interrupt Its AI Assistant Without a Wake Word
Google is filing a patent on letting you cut off its AI assistant mid-sentence without saying 'Hey Google' first. It sounds like…
Microsoft Patents an AI Decoding System That Preps Voice Calls for Speech Recognition
Microsoft has filed a patent for a way to decode voice audio using AI by temporarily converting it into a form that…
AMD Files Patent for Automatic Video Sorting That Trains AI to Animate Real-World Objects
Getting an AI to convincingly show a door opening or a flower blooming requires thousands of carefully labeled video examples. AMD's Xilinx…
Sony Patents a Camera System That Distinguishes Glass from Plastic by Filtering Light
Telling a glass bottle from a clear plastic one sounds easy for a human, but it trips up machines constantly. Sony has…
Sony Patents a System That Reads On-Screen Text So You Don't Have To
Sony has patented a way for a PlayStation system to automatically find and read text that appears on screen during gameplay or…
Google Patents a System That Asks You to Correct Its Own Listening Mistakes
Google's voice assistant sometimes mishears your words as a command, or misses you entirely when you actually said 'Hey Google.' A newly…
Sony Patents a Noise Cancellation System That Adjusts to Your Language
Noise cancellation that works great for English can still let annoying sounds slip through when you switch to Spanish or Japanese. Sony…
Sony Patents a Noise-Canceling System That Adjusts When a Sudden Sound Hits
Noise-canceling headphones work beautifully for steady hum, but a sudden clap or slam can briefly overwhelm them. Sony's new patent targets exactly…
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