Sony Patents a Display That Lowers Its Own Scan Rate Zone by Zone to Save Power
Your display wastes energy refreshing pixels that haven't changed — Sony's new patent wants to fix that by treating each part of…
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Sony Patents a Spring-Mounted Speaker Design to Keep Controller Audio Consistent
Sony is patenting a way to keep the speaker in a game controller pressed firmly against its housing — using a carefully…
Sony Patents a System for Keeping Local and Cloud Game Instances in Sync
Imagine playing a co-op game with a friend on the same couch — but your copy of the game is running locally…
Sony Patents an AI System That Splits Songs Into DAW-Ready Stems
Sony has filed a patent for an AI-powered system that takes any audio track and splits it into separate instrument stems —…
Sony Patents a System That Drops Redundant Game Streams When Players See the Same Screen
When two players in the same game are looking at the same scene, why render and stream it twice? Sony's new patent…
Sony Patents a System That Reads Grip Strength From the Marks You Leave Behind
Sony is working on a way to estimate how hard a person squeezed an object — not by measuring it in the…
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Sony Patents a Game Controller That Pushes Back Against Your Hand
Sony is exploring a game controller that physically pushes and pulls against your hand using a moving weight — not just vibration…
Apple Patents a Dynamic System for Getting Devices Online Before a Real SIM Exists
Every eSIM-equipped device has a chicken-and-egg problem: it needs a cellular connection to download its SIM profile, but it needs a SIM…
Apple Patents a Way to Keep Satellite Connections Alive When GPS Gets Jammed
What happens when a nearby device's satellite uplink drowns out your GPS signal? Apple's latest patent describes a clever workaround: decode the…
Apple Patents a System for Automatically Switching Between Private LTE Networks
Most iPhone users have never heard of CBRS — but the companies deploying private LTE networks in warehouses, hospitals, and stadiums absolutely…
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