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New Sony Patents

Sony's patent filings cover PlayStation hardware and games, image sensors that power most smartphone cameras, audio technology, and broadcast equipment.

Through the USPTO’s October 1, 2026 release, Patentlyze has covered 587 notable Sony patent applications, including 188 published in the last 30 days.

587

total filings tracked

188

published last 30 days

420

published last 90 days

This week's published patents

Week of October 1, 2026 · 40 filings covered · refreshes every week

Sony's 40 newest filings sort into four clusters:

Gaming, adaptive and streaming. The largest group covers games that rewrite enemy behavior, adjust difficulty, or tailor graphics based on how you actually play, plus streaming tricks like sending smaller stand-ins for large environments and compressing video more aggressively during cutscenes.
Haptics and physical feedback. Several filings push back against your body: a touchscreen that physically responds wherever you press, a finger-gripping device that resists your touch, a motorized clip-on that presses controller buttons, and a VR system that simulates three stages of grabbing.
AI image, video, and sensing. Filings here cover an AI that edits video frame-consistently, a dual-AI subject cutout tool, a fix for image enhancement that fails in extreme lighting, and a location-aware system for cleaning up distorted sensor readings.
Video compression and file integrity. Multiple filings target the same pipeline from different angles: cutting memory overhead when shrinking video, blocking unauthorized copies of out-of-sync media, and bringing integrity checks to compressed 3D video.

What Sony is working on

Based on Sony's activity across the watchlists we track · tracked programs only, not all of Sony's output

Gone quiet

what qualifies: no new Sony filing in 6 or more weeks while the race stays active

AI assistants that remember you	3 filings · quiet since Aug 21 while 12 rivals kept filing
The AI guardrails race	3 filings · quiet since Jul 23 while 13 rivals kept filing

Contested races

what qualifies: 3 or more companies in the same watchlist, Sony among them

The AI chip wars	9 of 336 · 13 companies
The AR glasses race	32 of 330 · 10 companies
The self-driving sensing race	28 of 277 · 10 companies
The AI photo editing race	17 of 204 · 14 companies
The AI guardrails race	3 of 173 · 14 companies
AI agents that act for you	8 of 162 · 16 companies

Sony patent questions, answered

Numbers pull live from the database, so answers never go stale

What is Sony working on right now?

Sony's tracked filings sit inside contested races, including The AI chip wars, The AR glasses race and The self-driving sensing race. The breakdown above shows each program’s filing count and latest activity.

How many patents did Sony publish this month?

40 Sony patent applications have published in October 2026 so far, after 148 in September. Patentlyze has covered 587 Sony filings since tracking began in May 2026.

Does a Sony patent mean the feature will launch?

No. A published application is not a product announcement. Companies file to protect options, and most patented ideas never ship in the form described. What filings do show is where Sony is spending research effort right now.

Where can I find Sony’s newest patents?

This page updates every week, when the USPTO publishes its new batch of applications. The newest Sony filings appear in the list below.