12 software & ai patents lapsed this week
Selected from 3,760 patents the USPTO recorded as expired for unpaid fees, ranked by opportunity score. The summaries and most of each score are generated by AI.
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1
Using many low-cost vehicle GPS fixes to tighten road geometry
The patent describes collecting location messages from many vehicles with low-cost positioning (≈10 m accuracy) and using those locations as control points to adjust or re-fit road...
86score / 100 -
2
Collective force-field matching of grayvalue distributions
A method to match two grayvalued data sets (pixels, voxels, or other scalar-valued elements) by mapping elements from a source set to elements in a target set, computing local grayvalue...
81score / 100 -
3
Local-first mobile client that queues UI actions and later syncs IDs with cloud CMS
A mobile client presents user interactions immediately by assigning local identifiers to content and applying actions locally while queuing corresponding requests to a cloud content...
79score / 100 -
4
Place and blend 3D accessory assets onto a model surface
A method to attach a 3D asset (protrusion or hole) to a 3D model by aligning a pivot point to a contact point, projecting the asset base periphery onto the model surface, and deforming...
79score / 100 -
5
Camera path generation using building height, volume, irregularity and uniqueness
A method to compute an "interest value" for candidate camera viewpoints in a 3D urban scene by scoring buildings visible from each viewpoint using building height, volume, geometric...
78score / 100 -
6
Systems and methods for estimating modulation transfer function in an optical system Pro
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Image processing device for processsing an image including multiple pixels to create a... Pro
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Codeless generation of apis Pro
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