Sony Patents Technology to Break Down Game Visuals for Editing and Rebuild Them
Sony is exploring a system that lets a cloud server pluck a single visual element out of a running game, send just…
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Samsung Patents a Clock Screen That Adjusts Your Medication Reminders Automatically
Samsung is filing a patent for a clock screen that knows when you take your medication and shifts the reminder alert to…
Samsung Patents a Photo Tagging System That Groups and Labels Images for You
Tagging one photo is easy. Tagging the 47 other photos from that same birthday dinner is the part nobody does. Samsung's new…
Google Patents a Voice Assistant That Can Navigate to Places You're Not Even Looking At
Most voice navigation only works with the spot you're already looking at on the map. Google's new patent describes a system that…
Apple Patents a Way for Siri to Prioritize Your Timers Over Everyone Else's
When multiple people in a household each set a timer, whose gets announced first? Apple is patenting a way for its digital…
Sony Patents a System That Reads On-Screen Text So You Don't Have To
Sony has patented a way for a PlayStation system to automatically find and read text that appears on screen during gameplay or…
Adobe Patents Technology to Automatically Spot Overlapping Layered Artwork Elements
Designing artwork where shapes weave over and under each other is one of the more finicky tasks in vector graphics software. Adobe…
Microsoft Patents a System to Stop Faulty Data Requests From Leaking Private Information
Every time a database query fails, the error message it spits out can contain private information. Microsoft has filed a patent for…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Measure Building Heights from Aerial Shadows
Your city's skyline might get a lot more accurate on digital maps. Qualcomm has filed a patent for figuring out how tall…
Nvidia Patents a System That Figures Out Where to Put Cameras So Nothing Gets Missed
Placing cameras in a large space so every corner gets covered, with no redundant angles eating up budget, is harder than it…
Apple Patents Animated QR Codes That Pack More Data Into Moving Images
A regular QR code can only hold so much, Apple's new patent describes a system that turns a scannable code into a…
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…
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