Sony Patents a Two-Fence Safety Zone for Guiding Drones and Robots Around Objects
Instead of giving a drone or robot one boundary to respect, Sony's patent describes wrapping a target object in two separate invisible…
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Microsoft Patents a Way to Flip Between Phone Screens by Tilting Your Device
What if flipping between sections of an app felt less like tapping through menus and more like tilting a physical card to…
Adobe Patents a Browser-Based Screen Recorder That Captures Only What You Choose
Most screen recorders capture everything or nothing. Adobe is filing a patent for a system that lets you pick exactly which window,…
Samsung Patents a Virtual Keyboard That Reads the Screen to Know What You Want to Type
Most keyboards wait for you to tell them what kind of input you need. Samsung's new patent describes a keyboard that figures…
Samsung Patents a Scroll Bar That Moves to Match Where Your Thumb Is
A scroll bar that chases your thumb sounds trivial until you've tried to read a long article one-handed on a big phone…
Samsung Files Patent for a System That Decides Which Phone Actions Need Your Approval
Samsung is patenting a way for your phone to handle routine actions on your behalf without asking, and only pause to check…
Adobe Patents a Single Slider Tool That Handles Both Dim and Blinding Light Levels
Editing a high-dynamic-range photo today often means guessing how bright highlights will look on screens that can't fully show them. Adobe has…
Google Patents Automatic Table-Cell Splitting for Its Online Document Editor
Splitting a table cell in Google Docs currently means a frustrating round of manual row and column adjustments. This patent describes a…
Nvidia Patents a Tool That Finds Matching Visual Glitches Across Two Graphics Systems
Comparing two graphics systems usually means someone sitting down and watching hours of test footage. Nvidia's new patent describes a tool that…
Google Patents a Privacy-First Way to Show Live Crowd Levels at Public Places
Google Maps already shows you how busy a coffee shop typically gets on a Tuesday afternoon. A new patent describes a system…
Adobe Patents Automatic Helpers for Positioning 3D Objects Precisely Within Scenes
Positioning a 3D object precisely on a curved or angled surface is one of those small tasks that eats a surprising amount…
Google Patents a Search Tool That Listens to Background Audio Before You Type
You open Google Search with nothing in mind, and it already knows you might want to look up the show playing in…
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