Nvidia Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to Map Their Own Blind Spots
Every self-driving car has blind spots, areas its sensors simply cannot see because something else is in the way. Nvidia's new patent…
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Sony Patents an AI System That Rebuilds Sharp Game Visuals Without Opening Compressed Files
Sony is teaching an AI to look at a blurry, compressed version of a game texture and reconstruct a sharp, high-resolution one,…
Microsoft Patents AI-Generated Live Environments for Video Calls
Microsoft is working on video call technology that goes far beyond blurred or static backgrounds: an AI model would generate a full,…
Google Patents a Way to Train One AI Model to Both Recognize and Describe Images
Most AI systems that understand images are trained to do one thing well. Google's new patent describes a training method that pushes…
Adobe Patents a System That Keeps Digital Illustration Rules in Sync Automatically
Every designer knows the pain: you adjust one element, and a dozen related shapes go out of sync. Adobe's new patent describes…
Nvidia Patents a Real-Time System That Animates Digital Faces Directly From Audio
Getting a virtual character's mouth, teeth, tongue, and eyes to move convincingly while someone talks is one of the hardest problems in…
Sony Patents a System That Renders Different Video Streams for Different Viewers at Once
Two people watching the same game stream could soon see two completely different versions of it, each tailored to them, from a…
Qualcomm Patents Car Camera Technology That Fixes Its Own Positioning Using Nearby Vehicles
Every camera on a self-driving car needs to know exactly where it's pointing, and right now that calibration is a painstaking process.…
Intel Patents an AI That Teaches Chips to Multiply Numbers Faster
Matrix multiplication is the workhorse behind almost every AI model, and Intel is filing a patent for a chip that uses AI…
Apple Patents an XR Headset Feature That Guides Users Through Physical Spaces
Apple is exploring a way for extended reality headsets to watch how you're moving and behaving, figure out that you might need…
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