Interesting Patents

This week, Tesla was granted a patent for a system that utilizes image data from a vehicle’s camera along with a trained machine learning model to identify the distance of an object from a vehicle.

Intellectual Property: Tesla’s Latest Patent on Teslarati Tesla was granted a patent for a system that utilizes image data from a vehicle’s camera along with a trained machine learning model to identify the distance of an object from a vehicle.

Twitter’s patent describes an iterative process that can be used to determine the subject matter expertise of users on a social network. User accounts are analyzed by how frequently they interact with a plurality of topic groups (TGs). As users are identified to frequently interact with multiple topic groups they are continually filtered to more specific TGs. After a certain amount of iterations, a ranking can be obtained of accounts that are an authority on the specific expertise topic.

This week, Disney applied for a new patent application to improve the interaction and enhance optical viewfinder systems for costumed characters.

Following the trend of streaming-based gaming systems, EA seeks to stand out from the crowd by offering a skill-based experience to its users. This streaming-based service allows gamers to connect to a full-featured gaming experience that is fully customizable over a variety of popular titles. With all of the computer processing taking place server-side, this removes hardware requirements for users and enables the system to act as a network connectable gaming computer.

This patent application discloses a method of broadcasting a Livestream of media content using an external device. This service leverages the networked external devices enabling any device to be used as a video source for the broadcast media stream. The broadcaster is then capable of viewing all available media streams and selecting which ones to present for the audience.