Sony Patents AI That Sharpens Video Detail Without Being Fooled by Shifting Colors
AI video upscaling usually assumes that pixels change because something moved. Sony's new patent tackles a trickier problem: what happens when pixels…
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Sony Patent Stacks Separate Display Layers at Different Depths for Realistic Images
Sony is working on an AR display system that combines two separate image sources into one view, and can place each of…
Tap a Camera Feed to Steer Your Vehicle With This New Patent
Sony has filed a patent for a system that stitches multiple camera views into one display image, then lets a user drive…
Sony Patents a System to Tell Any Screen How to Display Vivid, High-Contrast Video
Getting HDR video to look right on any screen is harder than it sounds. Sony is patenting a method that bakes the…
Sony Patents a Drone Control System That Puts You Inside the View
Sony is patenting a way to let you pilot a drone from a viewpoint you place yourself, not from where you're standing,…
Sony Patents Headphones That Filter Out Your Own Voice While You Talk
When you wear noise-canceling headphones and start talking, your own voice can sound oddly loud or hollow in your ears. Sony is…
Sony Patent Embeds Solar Cells Into Game Controllers to Eliminate Batteries
Sony is exploring a game controller that charges itself using light, no cable required. The patent describes solar cells built directly into…
Patent: New Pixel Design Prevents Washed-Out Photos Without Extra Processing Steps
Getting a camera sensor's pixels smaller without wrecking image quality is one of the hardest problems in consumer electronics. Sony's latest patent…
Sony Patents a Camera That Reads Dozens of Colors and Adjusts Its Own Brightness
Most cameras expose a shot by averaging three colors: red, green, and blue. Sony's new patent describes a sensor that does the…
Sony Patents a System That Tracks Environmental Decline by Scanning Plant Root Bacteria
Sony is best known for televisions and PlayStation consoles, but a newly published patent reveals the company is working on technology to…
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