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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 September 24, 2026 release, Patentlyze has covered 547 notable Sony patent applications, including 148 published in the last 30 days.

547
total filings tracked
148
published last 30 days
380
published last 90 days

This week's published patents

Week of September 24, 2026 · 25 filings covered · refreshes every week

Sony's 25 newest filings sort into three clusters:

  • Sensing and display. Several filings refine how devices see and show the world, including AR glasses that make blocking objects transparent, a display that projects images directly onto the eye, and a fix for blurry edges between AR lens gratings.
  • Cameras, color, and imaging. Image quality filings cover a dual-camera system that measures how light filters through surfaces, a system that guides photographers away from glare, and tools that make color sensors agree with each other.
  • Gaming and robotics. Sony filed on physical feedback and spatial awareness, including a reaction button and haptic jolt system for controllers, a wearable tracker that tells a controller where you are, and a visual map that shows a robot every angle it can photograph from.

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

The AI guardrails race3 filings · quiet since Jul 23

Contested races

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

The AR glasses race31 of 312
The AI chip wars8 of 309
The self-driving sensing race26 of 259
The AI photo editing race14 of 194
The AI guardrails race3 of 158
AI agents that act for you7 of 151

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 AR glasses race, The AI chip wars 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?

0 Sony patent applications have published in October 2026 so far, after 148 in September. Patentlyze has covered 547 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.

Top tech areas

  1. Hardware 297
  2. AI/ML 99
  3. Display 89
  4. Camera 73

Top inventors

  1. Xiaoyong Ye 7
  2. Diederik Paul MOEYS 6
  3. Seichi OTSUKI 6
  4. Ryota Murasugi 6
  5. Justinas MISEIKIS 6

Recent highlights

All Sony filings

Sony Patents a System That Reroutes Cameras When a 3D Model Fails
Sep 18, 2026
Sony Patents a System That Changes Your 3D Avatar to Fit Any Virtual World
Sep 18, 2026
Sony Patents a System That Notices When Someone Is Missing From a Photo and Adds Them In
Sep 18, 2026
Sony Patents a Way to Patch Video Games Without Stopping the Session
Sep 18, 2026
Sony Patents a Laser Chip That Steers Its Own Light From the Inside
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents an AI Matchmaking System That Watches How You Actually Play
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Laser Emitter That Steers Its Own Light From the Inside
Sep 10, 2026
Sony's New Patent Covers a Gaming Controller That Passes Signals to Nearby Accessories
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Laser Design That Cuts Structural Defects in Depth-Sensing Hardware
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Wide-Angle Camera Lens That Fits Inside Thinner Devices
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Microscopic Metal Shell Surface That Controls Light Color by Design
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Files Patent for a Dual-Model System That Spots Unusual Patterns in Business Data
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a System That Locks Your Game Avatar's Signature Look to Your Profile
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Camera System That Adjusts Its Settings Based on Your Feedback
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Microphone Shell That Filters Sound by Direction
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Way to Split High-Speed Video Processing Across Two Devices
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents an AI System That Requests More Data Only When It Needs To
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Camera Sensor That Reduces Processing Delays in Image Capture
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Camera That Adjusts Its Own Light Capture on the Fly
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Pixel Circuit That Fires the Instant Light Changes
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a System That Maps Your Room Before Placing Virtual Sounds In It
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents Technology That Reduces Pixel Color Data Before Saving Video Files
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a System That Shakes Cars to a Precise Vibration Target
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Compact Drive Unit That Packs Circuit Boards Around a Robot Motor
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Robot That Uses Touch and Distance Sensing Together to Understand Objects
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Robot Arm That Knows When to Push and When to Give Way
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Way to Match Typed Words to Character Animations Automatically
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Tool That Checks Cause-and-Effect Diagrams Before Crunching the Numbers
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Brightness-Correction System for Medical Cameras That Use Glowing Dyes
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Way to Auto-Design AI Networks Without Needing Real Training Labels
Sep 10, 2026
Sony's New Patent Covers an AI System That Invents New Content Labels on the Fly
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a System That Fills In Missing Pieces of 3D Scans
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a Way to Compress 3D Scans Based on Their Own Detail Level
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a System That Scores How a Farm Field Changes Over Time
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents a System That Adjusts In-Car Video to Match the Road Outside
Sep 10, 2026
Sony Patents an AI That Fuses Invisible Light Into Your Photos to Fix Them
Sep 10, 2026