Apple Patents an Adaptive System for Guessing Where Video Pixels Move Next
Every time you stream a video, your device is making thousands of tiny guesses about where objects will move between frames. Apple's…
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Apple Patents a Way to Pay With a Friend's Card While Keeping Your Own Loyalty Perks
Apple is working on a way for one iPhone to borrow the payment card stored on a second iPhone, so the person…
Apple Patents a System for Splitting Web Pages Into Step-by-Step Panels
Scrolling through a long webpage has always meant one endless column of text. Apple's new patent describes a way to break that…
Samsung Patents a Camera That Strips Out Your Voice While You Record
Every filmmaker has muttered a note to themselves mid-shot and then spent ten minutes in editing trying to cut it out. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a Camera Lock That Lets You Reframe a Shot Without Moving the Lens
Samsung is working on a way to let you change what you see in a camera preview without actually moving or refocusing…
Sony Patents a System That Caps How Many Times You Can Attempt a Game Activity
Sony has filed a patent for a system that tracks how many times a player tries a specific in-game activity and locks…
Sony Patents a System That Reads Scripts and Maps Out Scene Layouts Automatically
Writing a script is one thing. Turning that text into a spatial map of where every character and prop sits in a…
IBM Patents a System That Delays Video Calls to Sync Translated Captions
Translated captions on video calls almost always lag behind the speaker, showing up after the moment has passed. IBM's new patent flips…
Sony Patents a Two-Press System for Faster Accessibility Options on Your TV
Turning on captions or audio descriptions on a modern TV can take five menu levels and a dozen button presses. Sony's new…
Apple Patents a System That Picks Which of Your Devices Runs Background Tasks
When your iPhone, iPad, and Mac are all on and connected, which one should handle a background sync or scheduled task? Apple's…
IBM Patents a System That Predicts What You'll Click and Teaches You How to Do It on New Software
Every time a company switches software platforms, employees spend weeks relearning tasks they already know how to do, just in a different…
Google Patents a Way to Animate 3D Characters Without Hardware Limits
Every 3D character you've ever seen in a game or app is secretly held together by an invisible skeleton, and most graphics…
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