IBM Files Patent for Software That Decides Which Overlapping Video Meeting You Should Join
Two meetings overlap, and your software has to decide which one deserves you. IBM's patent application scores both, then either nudges you…
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Samsung Files Patent to Squeeze Better Video Out of Phone Chips Without More Power
Your phone shrinks video using a deliberately rough shortcut, and Samsung's filing patches that shortcut's blind spots with a cheat sheet prepared…
Sony Files Patent to Let 3D Video Load Only the Detail You Need
A 3D model's sharpest detail is the heaviest part to load, and Sony's new patent application lets a device leave that detail…
A New Qualcomm Patent Lets 3D Video Pick How Much to Shrink Before Sending
3D video is built from millions of dots per frame, and shrinking it for the trip is a balancing act. This Qualcomm…
A New Samsung Patent Swaps In Open Eyes When Someone Blinks
Samsung describes a phone camera that catches a blink in your photo and pastes in the person's open eyes from another frame…
Samsung Files Patent to Stitch a Wide Panorama From Phone Video of Moving Subjects
Zoom in on a runner and you lose the field around them; zoom out and the runner shrinks to a dot. Samsung's…
Adobe Files Patent to Automatically Straighten Crooked Fabric Patterns in 3D Designs
Wrap a photo of plaid fabric around a 3D dress and any tilt in the original shows up at every repeat. Adobe's…
Qualcomm Files Patent to Speed Up Turning Phone Photos Into 3D Scenes
Qualcomm's new patent application goes after a stubborn flaw in photo-to-3D tools: blank walls and one-sided photo shoots make rooms look wrong…
Adobe Files Patent to Show Editors How Bright Photos Will Look on Ordinary Screens
Your photo can look stunning on your screen and flat on someone else's. Adobe's patent application adds a preview and color-coded warnings…
Sony Files Patent to Speed Up the Compression of Video Game Graphics
A Sony patent filing describes a small trained model that guesses the best way to shrink a game's graphics, so the software…
Qualcomm Files Patent to Help Cameras Spot Corners and Edges More Precisely
Before software can match two photos, it has to pick landmarks, and the standard method tends to drop them just beside corners…
Samsung Files Patent to Catch the Sharpest Moment of a Jump on Your Phone
The best frame of a jump lasts a split second, and phones usually miss it in sharp detail. Samsung's patent application tries…
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