Nvidia Patents a Multi-Pass System for Cleaning Up Color Artifacts in Streamed Images
When video is compressed and streamed, some pixels end up the wrong color. Nvidia's new patent describes a layered process that finds…
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Samsung Patents a Way to Run Physical Lab Experiments by Writing Code
Imagine writing a script that automatically picks up a piece of lab equipment, runs a test, and hands you back the results,…
Samsung Patents a Way to Stitch Separate Motion Photos Into One Continuous Clip
Samsung is working on a way to automatically chain together multiple motion photos shot around the same time, playing them back as…
Samsung Patents a Physics-Based Widget Flip for Foldable Phone Cover Screens
Samsung is patenting a way to flip through widgets on a foldable phone's small outer screen that feels closer to turning physical…
Samsung Patents a Drag-and-Drop System for Merging Window Groups on Screen
Samsung is patenting a way to combine separate groups of open windows into one unified cluster just by dragging one group's title…
Samsung Patents a Way to Turn Your Phone Into a Touch Controller for Games on Another Screen
Samsung is patenting a system that lets one device, say a phone, act as a dedicated touch controller for a game running…
Samsung Patents a Way to Control Someone Else's TV During a Video Call
Imagine video-calling your parents and being able to change the channel on their TV yourself, no coaching required. That's essentially what Samsung…
Samsung Patents a System That Moves On-Screen Video Overlays Out of the Way
If you've ever watched a live sports broadcast where the score ticker covers a player's face, Samsung has filed a patent for…
IBM Patents a Tool to Track Exactly Where Data Changed Inside Enterprise Software
When a number in a huge enterprise app is wrong, figuring out which of dozens of programs last touched it can take…
IBM Patents a System That Automatically Checks Web Page Layouts for Broken Designs
Anyone who has ever opened a website on their phone only to find buttons overlapping or text spilling off the screen knows…
IBM Patents a System That Automatically Routes Database Queries to the Fastest Available Engine
Every time a big company asks its database a question, something has to decide which computer should answer it. IBM's new patent…
Red Hat Patents a Fix for Data Corruption During Live Server Migrations
Moving a running virtual machine between servers is one of the trickier problems in cloud computing, and one specific scenario can corrupt…
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