Sony's New Patent Teaches AI to Write Its Own Game Tracking Code
Sony has filed a patent for an AI system that scans a video game's source code, figures out what the important pieces…
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Sony Patents a Way to Stop Camera Pixels from Interfering with Each Other
Every time a digital camera converts light into data, it creates electrical noise that can corrupt nearby pixels. Sony's new patent describes…
Sony's New Patent Puts Screens on Car Hoods to Warn Pedestrians Where the Car Is Headed
Imagine a car that can literally show you where it's about to go — not with a blinking turn signal, but with…
Sony Patents a Way to Slow Light Down and Make Sensors Far More Precise
Sony is patenting a way to make light travel more slowly through a tiny ring-shaped optical circuit — and that trick, if…
Sony's New Patent Chains Wireless Signals Together to Find You Inside a Building
GPS is useless indoors, and Bluetooth or Wi-Fi alone often can't tell exactly where you are in a room. Sony's new patent…
Sony's New Patent Fakes 3D Sound from Game Audio That Was Never Recorded That Way
Your brain figures out where a sound is coming from by noticing which ear hears it first. Sony has filed a patent…
Sony's New Patent Lets Your Console Draw Parts of a Streamed Game Itself
Instead of relying entirely on a remote server to draw every pixel of a game, Sony's patent describes a system that lets…
Sony's New Patent Packs a Full Depth-Sensing Camera onto a Single Chip
Sony is working on a way to pack an entire light-based depth sensor — the kind used in self-driving cars and face-ID…
Sony's New Patent Stops Electrical Noise from Making OLED Screens Flicker
Every OLED screen has a dirty little secret: the wires that carry image data also accidentally push and pull on the pixels…
Sony's New Patent Keeps Your Body Movement Data on Your Device
Your body movements are surprisingly personal data. Sony is patenting a way to transmit a compressed 'fingerprint' of that motion — rather…
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