Google Patent Speeds Up Video Encoding With Parallel Compression Threads
Compressing video is slow, sequential work. Google's new patent describes a way to split that work into parallel lanes that still share…
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Google Patent Uses Distance Data and Subject Isolation to Sharpen Photo Edits
Google is patenting a photo editing system that knows not just what's in a picture, but exactly how far away each object…
Amazon Patents a System That Pauses an Unfinished Job and Resumes It on a Different Server
What if a cloud server could freeze mid-task, hand its exact memory state to a completely different machine, and pick up right…
Sony Patent Would Let Your Surroundings Automatically Choose Your Music
Imagine your car's camera spots a tunnel ahead and your music automatically shifts to something more dramatic. Sony's new patent describes exactly…
Apple Patent Reveals iPhone Camera App's Shifting Zoom Control Feature
Apple has filed a broad patent covering nearly every corner of the iPhone camera app's interface, including controls that shift position, panels…
Microsoft Patents a Persistent Clipboard That Recommends What to Do With Your Copied Content
You copy an address and Windows automatically asks if you want to open it in Maps. That's the basic idea behind Microsoft's…
Apple Patent Enables Joint App Sessions to Launch Directly During Phone Calls
Apple is working on a way to make jumping into a shared app with a friend feel as natural as passing your…
IBM Patents a System That Reads Your Database and Recommends How to Fix It
Managing a large database often means wading through contradictory advice from multiple tools. IBM wants to automate that entire process and hand…
Adobe Patents a Tool That Shows Photographers What Their Display Can Actually Show
When you edit a photo, some of the detail you're working on might be invisible to anyone who views it on a…
Adobe Patents a Tool That Strips Illustrations Down to Fewer Colors
Anyone who has inherited a vector illustration bloated with dozens of near-identical shades knows the tedium of cleaning it up by hand.…
Apple Patents a Built-In Vocal Volume Slider for Music Playback
Apple is patenting a music playback screen that lets you turn down just the singer's voice, separate from the rest of the…
IBM Patents a Digital Label That Tells the Cloud How to Handle Your Data
IBM wants to attach a smart instruction packet to every dataset before it gets sent off for cloud processing, so the data…
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