Big Tech patents published August 20, 2026

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  Cell phone

  Samsung Patents Technology That Keeps 3D Scene Measurements Sharp During Fast Motion

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  Software

  Samsung Patents a Camera That Strips Out Your Voice While You Record

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Flexible Smartwatch Screen That Moves Notifications Based on Your Wrist Angle

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  Software

  Samsung Patents a Camera Lock That Lets You Reframe a Shot Without Moving the Lens

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  Chip

  Samsung Patents a Component That Combines Wi-Fi Antenna and Laptop Cooling Vent

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Patents an AI Health Coach That Promotes Its Best-Performing Model

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Patents a Device That Turns Live Conversations Into AI-Generated Images

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Patent Covers AI Call Summarizer That Weighs Words by Speaker Relationship

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  Chip

  Samsung Patents Technology That Catches Data Errors Inside Storage Chips Automatically

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  Audio

  Samsung Patent Teaches Smart Home Devices to Separate Commands From Casual Talk

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  Cell phone

  Samsung Patents a Two-Sample Method for Detecting Light Flicker in Phone Cameras

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  Networking

  Samsung Patents a Way to Speed Up Shared AI Training Across 5G Networks

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  Networking

  Samsung Patent Automatically Discards Redundant Video Data to Maintain Wireless Connection Speed

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Corner Magnet Design to Keep Foldable Phones Sealed

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Cover Glass Trick That Kills Rainbow Patterns on Folding Screens

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  Chip

  Samsung Patents Tiny Signal Tunnels Inside Chips That Cut Wireless Interference

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Spring-Loaded Gear Hinge for Its Foldable Phones

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  Chip

  Samsung Patents a Chip-Level Random Number Generator That Builds Entropy in Steps

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  Display

  Samsung Patent: Shrinking Video Color Data by Splitting Footage Into Segments

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  Battery & power

  Samsung Patents a Battery System That Decides When a Cell Is Truly Dead

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Display That Dims Based on How Hot Your Phone Gets

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Display Circuit That Feeds Each Color Pixel a Different Voltage

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Stress-Absorbing Foam Layer for Foldable Phone Screens

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Laser System for Placing Tiny LEDs on Curved Screens

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Speaker Built Into a Sliding Phone's Inner Rail

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  Chip

  Samsung Patents a Chip That Does Math Where It Stores Data

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  Chip

  Samsung Patents a Chip Circuit That Randomly Scrambles Data Before Encrypting It

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Display That Adjusts Power Voltage Region by Region

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Foldable Phone That Tucks Its Antenna Inside the Hinge

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Noise-Blocking Layer That Makes Touchscreens More Accurate

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  Security

  Samsung Patents a Way to Let Your Smartwatch Verify Mobile Payments

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  Wearable

  Samsung Patents a Watch Band Slot That Sits Flush With the Case Edge

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Display That Hides Personal Info in 3D Depth

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Camera Chip That Stores Light Data Differently Across Each Shot

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  Chip

  Samsung Patents a Chip-Level Lens That Sorts Light by Color and Direction Simultaneously

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Shaped Ink-Spreading Blade for Cleaner Display Edges

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Camera Sensor That Handles Bright and Dark Areas Simultaneously

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Patents a Way for Its AI Assistant to Know When You're Starting a New Topic

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  Networking

  Samsung Patents Fix That Stops Emergency Video Feeds From Overwriting Each Other

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Patents an AI That Reshapes How Close or Far a Subject Looks in Old Photos

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Two-Layer Adhesive System for Foldable Phone Screens

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  AR / VR

  Samsung Patents a System That Stops AR Glasses from Running the Same Sensor Twice

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  AR / VR

  Samsung Patents a Thin VR Headset Optic That Sharpens Focus as Your Eye Moves

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  Memory & storage

  Samsung Patents Technology to Stop Storage Drives From Overheating During Heavy Data Saves

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  Software

  Samsung Patents a Search Method That Figures Out Which Keyboard You Were Typing On

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Patents an AI Assistant That Auditions Answers Before Speaking

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Way to Keep Multiple Screens Perfectly in Sync on One Chip

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a Tri-Fold Phone That Cancels Accidental Touches When You Open It

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  AR / VR

  Samsung Patents AR Glasses That Scan Payment Codes With Your Gaze

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  AR / VR

  Samsung Patent Lets You Float Phone App Controls Into Your Physical Space

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  AR / VR

  Sony Patents a Way to Make Your VR Avatar's Elbows Bend Correctly

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  AR / VR

  Sony Patents a System for Storing Touch Sensations Inside 3D Media Files

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  AI / ML

  Sony Patents a Kitchen Device That Reads Ingredient Flavors to Suggest Better Pairings

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  Software

  Sony Patents a System That Caps How Many Times You Can Attempt a Game Activity

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Pixel Design That Reads Light Two Ways at Once

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  Software

  Sony Patents a System That Reads Scripts and Maps Out Scene Layouts Automatically

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  AR / VR

  Sony Patents a Way to Show Avatars from One Virtual World Inside Another

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  Software

  Sony Patents a Two-Press System for Faster Accessibility Options on Your TV

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  AI / ML

  Sony Patents a System That Builds Custom Game Trailers from Your Play History

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  Robotics

  Sony Patents a Two-Layer Artificial Skin That Gives Robots a Better Sense of Touch

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Faster Way for Cameras to Spot Moving Subjects

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Dual-Camera Sensor That Skips Pixels It Doesn't Need to Read

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  Camera

  Sony Patents Technology That Helps Cameras Recognize Glass and Transparent Surfaces

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  AI / ML

  Sony Patents a System That Lets AI Style Game Objects From Your Own Photos

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  Networking

  Sony Patents a Wi-Fi System That Drops Unwanted Data Packets Before They Finish Arriving

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  Software

  Sony Patents a Way to Find a Light Source by Reading the Glare in a Photo

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Display That Skips Color Accuracy Steps to Refresh Faster

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  Sensor

  Sony Patents Technology That Reads Soil Wetness Across a Farm to Direct Irrigation

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  Chip

  Sony Patents a Triple-Layer Camera Chip That Runs Two Sensors at Once

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  Automotive

  Sony Patents Tech That Previews Your Parking Spot Using Nearby Cars' 3D Shape

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Self-Powered Device That Captures and Displays Images

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  AR / VR

  Sony Patents a Way to Fix Where Cameras Think You're Looking

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  Software

  Sony Patents a Way to Split Game Scene Rendering Between a Server and Your Console

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  Chip

  Sony Patents Camera Chip Technology That Reduces Digital Noise in Photos

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Way to Keep Holograms Sharp at Any Depth

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  Chip

  Sony Patents a Parallel Image Compression Method That Keeps Encoding Threads in Sync

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  Networking

  Sony Patents a System to Pull Connected-Device Readings Across Competing Networks

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  Display

  Sony Patent Targets Noise Reduction Through Geometric Pixel Circuit Layout in Camera Sensors

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Video Decoding Shortcut That Drops One Neighbor Block

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  AI / ML

  Sony Patents a Faster Way to Generate AI Training Data From Two Probability Models

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  Camera

  Sony Patents a Way to Control Sound Directly From a Motion-Sensing Camera

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  AI / ML

  Sony Patents a System That Copies a Film Director's Camera Style for New Scripts

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  Camera

  Sony Patents Factory Sensor That Spots Tiny Cracks the Moment They Appear

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Screen That Shows Two Different People Two Completely Different Images at Once

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Smarter System for Deciding Which Search Results You See First

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  AI / ML

  Waymo Patents Technology That Shows Any Street Scene From a New Camera Angle

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  Display

  Google Patents a Dual-Sensor Camera That Sharpens Only the Moving Parts

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  Automotive

  Methods and Systems for Implementing a Redundant Brake System

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  AR / VR

  Google Patents Tech That Keeps Phone Cameras Sharp Through Their Own Lenses

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  Display

  Google Patents a Display That Hides Antennas Inside the Screen Border

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Method to Align Ad Landing Pages With Search Query Intent

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Way to Pull Individual Visual Concepts Out of a Single Photo

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  Automotive

  Google Patents Car Software Where No Single Computer Is in Charge

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents an AI That Separates Nearby Voices From Background Noise by Distance

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  Software

  Google Patents a Way to Animate 3D Characters Without Hardware Limits

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Two-Stage AI That Strips Your Personal Data Before Asking the Cloud

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  Software

  Google Patents a Way to Pull Health Data Out of a Photo of Your Screen

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents an AI System That Turns Videos Into Searchable Text

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  Chip

  QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Method to Store AI Model Data in Fewer Bits

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  Security

  Google Patent Targets Location-Based Ads Without Revealing Where Users Are

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Way to Let AI Reconstruct Any Camera Angle From a Few Photos

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Way to Search Documents by Reading Only the Parts That Matter

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  Quantum

  Google Files Patent for a Lower-Cost Way to Run Quantum Chemistry Simulations

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  Display

  Google Patents a Way to Read Body Gestures Using Both Cameras and Wearables

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Security Gate for AI Systems That Call Outside Tools

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  Quantum

  Google Patents a Method for Measuring Quantum Computer Accuracy Gate by Gate

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  Security

  Google Patents a Way to Split Privacy Protection Across Multiple Servers

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  Wearable

  Google Patents Earbuds That Use Ear-Canal Sound to Track Chewing, Sleep, and Jaw Grinding

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  Automotive

  Waymo Files Patent for Autonomous Cars That Navigate Around Sensor Blind Spots

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  Automotive

  Waymo Patents System That Reroutes Drop-Offs Away From Bad Weather

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Patents a Hardware Chip That Decides Which Tasks Run First

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  Display

  Qualcomm Patents a Fix for Out-of-Sync Video When Using Wireless Earbuds

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Patents a System That Alerts Networks When a Device Goes Off-Route

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Patents Chip Technology That Stops Unauthorized Programs From Reading Sensitive Data

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Patents a Boot System That Picks Its Own Power Lines

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  Camera

  Qualcomm Patents a Way for Devices to Figure Out Their Location by Sharing Camera Clues

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Patents a Way for Phones to Access Private 5G Networks as Guests

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Patents an AI Location System That Picks Its Own Model Based on Visible Cell Towers

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Patents a Way to Let Memory Chips Handle Multiple Jobs at Once

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Patents a Faster Way to Compress AI Model Data for Chips

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  Display

  Qualcomm Patents a Graphics Chip Trick That Skips Pixel Work When Unnecessary

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  Automotive

  Qualcomm Patents a Fix for Self-Driving Cars That See With Mismatched Cameras

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  Cell phone

  Qualcomm Patents a Sound-Wave System for Locating Tracked Objects

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  Automotive

  Qualcomm Patents a Way to Spot Protruding Objects Around Moving Vehicles

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Patents a Way for Phones to Tell Networks How Much AI They Can Handle

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Patent Splits Graphics Chip Work Across Current and Future Frames

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  AR / VR

  Qualcomm Patents a Frame-Timing Buffer to Smooth Cloud-Powered AR Headsets

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Patents AI That Cuts Out Objects in Video Using Text and Image Cues Together

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Patents a Way to Merge AI Models on a Chip Without Slowing Them Down

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Patents Technology That Lets Multiple Tasks Share a Memory Unit's Built-In Processing Power

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  Security

  Qualcomm Patents a Way for Car Computers to Verify Each Other's Software Updates

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Patents a Fix That Keeps Memory Calculations Faster When Chips Think for Themselves

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Patents a Way for Phones to Switch Between Cell Towers and Satellites Automatically

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  Cell phone

  Qualcomm Patents a Way to Find Nearby Devices Using a Phone's Own Microphones

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  Display

  Qualcomm Patents Technology That Reads Multiple Fingerprints Through a Display at Once

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Single AI Model That Controls Any Type of Robot

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  Display

  Nvidia Patents a Way to Insert Extra Video Frames Without Touching Your Game

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  Chip

  Nvidia Patents a Way to Feed Its Chips More Power When the Work Actually Matters

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  Networking

  Nvidia Patents Remote Control Software for AI Cameras and Smart Sensors

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  AR / VR

  Nvidia Patents Software That Learns to Follow Your Eyes Without Scanning Real Faces

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Cloud System That Puts AI-Generated Likenesses Under Lock and Key

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Way to Transcribe Group Conversations Without Mixing Up Who Said What

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents an AI Method for Turning 3D Scans Into Usable Digital Models

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents an AI System That Adds Realistic Sounds to 3D Scenes Automatically

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents an AI That Breaks 3D Objects Into Labeled Parts

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents an AI System That Maps Intersection Zones for Self-Driving Cars

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  Automotive

  Nvidia Patents a Way to Map Road Hazards Point by Point for Self-Driving Cars

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  Camera

  Nvidia Patents a Fast Way to Catch When Multiple Sensors Fall Out of Step

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  Display

  Nvidia Patents a Technique That Cuts Delay When Cameras Process Video

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  Chip

  Nvidia Patents a Two-Processor System That Stops Games From Freezing Mid-Task

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Speaker-Memory System That Tracks Who's Talking in Real Time

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents Technology to Teach Self-Driving Cars What Sensors Cannot See

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  Display

  Nvidia Patents Faster Software for Building the Hidden Geometry Behind 3D Characters

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  AR / VR

  Nvidia Patents a System That Lets Remote Users Step Inside Your Real-World Room in VR

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  Software

  Apple Patents a System for Splitting Web Pages Into Step-by-Step Panels

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents a Way to Fix AR Colors by Borrowing Cameras from Nearby Devices

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  Security

  Apple Patents a Way to Add Cards to Your Wallet by Tapping the Physical Card

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  Security

  Apple Patents a Way to Connect Accessories to Apps Without Leaking Your Identity

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  Software

  Apple Patents a System That Picks Which of Your Devices Runs Background Tasks

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patent Tracks Hand Height to Determine Mid-Air Typing Intent

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents a Camera System That Fixes AR Colors by Reading What's on Screen

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  Networking

  Apple Patents a Secure Digital Handoff for Moving Phone Plans Between Devices

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  Networking

  Apple Patent Brings Centimeter-Level GPS Accuracy to Future Smartphones

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents a System to Keep Virtual Stand-Ins for Remote Callers Looking Consistent During Group Video Calls

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents a Method to Feed Each Eye Its Own Image in Headsets

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents Controls for Sharing and Dimming Content in 3D Spaces

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  Security

  Apple Patents a Pre-Transfer Safety Check Before Sending Secure Data

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents a System That Decides Whether Your Tap Actually Counts

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  Cell phone

  Apple Patents a True Optical Zoom Lens That Fits Inside a Thin Phone

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents Tech That Wraps Flat Video Into a 3D Room Around You

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an AI That Learns Tasks by Watching Someone Else Do Them

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a Deepfake Detector That Checks Whether Physics Makes Sense

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents Software That Converts Written Text to Speech Using Both the Phone and the Internet at Once

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  AR / VR

  Microsoft Patent Reveals Glasses Designed to Project Images Across a Wider Field

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents Technology to Identify Who Is Behind a Cyberattack

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an AI That Assembles Drug Molecules One Atom at a Time

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a Way to Make AI Chatbots Adapt to Different Groups of Users

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  Software

  Microsoft Patents One-Tap Pairing for Devices That Belong Together

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  Software

  System and Method for Generating a Custom Operating System and Software Development Kit Package

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents a Login System That Picks the Right Security Test for Each User

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an AI System That Builds Web User Profiles From Scattered Browsing Data

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a Way to Run AI Models Inside Your Browser Without the Cloud

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  AR / VR

  IBM Patents a Headset That Flags and Labels Factory Defects Automatically

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  Software

  IBM Patents a System That Delays Video Calls to Sync Translated Captions

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  Software

  IBM Patents a System That Predicts What You'll Click and Teaches You How to Do It on New Software

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents an AI That Checks Its Own Confidence Before Answering Without a Full Team

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents a Memory-Saving Compression System for AI Text Generation

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents a System to Keep Corrupted Data Out of AI Code Generators

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents AI Headphones That Reprocess Garbled Navigation Announcements

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patent Uses Virtual Reality to Detect Early Signs of Cognitive Decline

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Patents a Way to Stop AI From Writing Broken Database Code

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Patents a Virtual Assistant That Explains Its Own Database Queries

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Patents an AI Tool That Finds Matching Materials Across 3D Models

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  Software

  Adobe Patents Automatic Widow and Orphan Removal for Digital Documents

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Patents an AI System That Picks Your Email Templates and Test Variants for You

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Patents an AI That Builds Images From Multiple Reference Photos at Once

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Patents an AI Tool That Generates Themed Design Elements From a Text Prompt

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  Chip

  Meta Patents a Dedicated Security Chip for Biometric Data in Wearables

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents an AI That Makes Virtual Lights Look Real in Mixed-Reality Scenes

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  AI / ML

  Meta Patents a Way to Share Conversation Memory Between AI Agents

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  Antenna & radio

  Meta Patent Uses Skin Contact to Enable Data Transfer in Smart Eyewear

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  Security

  Meta Patents a System That Unlocks All Your Devices When You Log Into One

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents AR Glasses That Scroll Menus Based on Finger Rub Speed

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  Chip

  Meta Patents a Chip-Level Mute Switch That Software Cannot Override

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  AI / ML

  Intel Patents a System for Splitting AI Work Across Different Chips Automatically

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  Chip

  Intel Patents a Chip That Decides How Much AI Thinking to Skip

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  Chip

  Intel Patents a Fix That Keeps Its Graphics Chips Busy While Drawing Scenes

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  Networking

  Intel Patents Technology to Find Exact 5G Device Location Within Centimeters

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  AI / ML

  Intel Patents a System That Connects Similar Browsing Sessions to Sharpen Recommendations

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  AI / ML

  Intel Patents a Way to Blend AI-Generated Video Into Live Camera Footage in Real Time

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  AI / ML

  Disney Patents an AI System That Spots Failing Park Equipment Before It Breaks Down

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  AI / ML

  Disney Patents an AI That Matches Bonus Content to Shows and Their Viewers

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  Sensor

  Disney Patents a System That Tracks Ride Vehicles Between Sensor Points

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  Software

  New Disney Patent Warns Guests About Rides They May Hate

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  Display

  Disney Patents a System That Projects Images Onto Moving, Reflective Surfaces in Real Time

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  AI / ML

  Salesforce Patents AI That Corrects Its Own Visual Math Mistakes

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  AI / ML

  Salesforce Patents a Way to Trim AI Models by Measuring What Each Layer Actually Does

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  AI / ML

  Salesforce Patents an AI That Sorts Your Saved Messages by Priority

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  AI / ML

  Salesforce Patents an AI Assistant That Remembers What You've Told It Before

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  Chip

  OpenAI Patents a Chip That Handles Precise Calculations Without Slowing Down

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  Chip

  OpenAI Patents AI Hardware That Skips Calculations It Knows Will Be Zero

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  Chip

  OpenAI Patents a Way to Search AI Memory Without Moving All the Data

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  Chip

  OpenAI Patents a Circuit That Runs Calculations Faster by Switching Math Types Automatically

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  Chip

  Xilinx Files Patent for On-Chip Data Format Conversion That Feeds AI Models Faster

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  Chip

  AMD Patents Chip Design That Keeps AI Calculations Accurate Without Wasting Silicon

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  AI / ML

  AMD Patents a System That Splits AI Work Across Different Chips on the Fly

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  Quantum

  Amazon Patents a System for Splitting Work Between Quantum and Regular Computers

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  AI / ML

  Amazon Patents a System That Stops AI Chatbots From Spreading Harmful Content

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  Sensor

  Tesla Patents a Soda Ash HVAC Filter That Stops Bacteria Growing in Your Car

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  Automotive

  Tesla Patents Plastic Car Parts That Absorb Chemical Fumes to Keep Cameras Clear

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