Sony's New Patent Covers a Gaming Controller That Passes Signals to Nearby Accessories
Your PlayStation controller could one day act as a mini radio tower, passing signals from the console to headsets, keyboards, and other…
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Headsets, watches, earbuds, and glasses: the hardware Big Tech wants on your body. We track every wearable filing and what it hints at.
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Samsung Patents a Watch Face That Designs Itself Around Your Photos
Pick a photo, and your Samsung watch figures out the rest. A newly published Samsung patent describes a system that reads your…
Samsung Patents a Way to Fill in Dropped Audio Using Your Other Earbud
When one of your wireless earbuds loses its audio connection for a split second, the result is a distracting gap or glitch.…
Samsung Patents a Way to Decode Both Color Channels in Video From a Single Data Signal
Every video you watch encodes color information in multiple separate streams, and decoding each one independently costs time and file space. Samsung's…
Meta Patents Smart Glasses That Beam Your Voice to a Nearby Listener's Earbuds
Meta has filed a patent for smart glasses that can pick up the wearer's voice and stream it wirelessly, in real time,…
Intel Patents a Layered Video Decoder That Sharpens Footage Tile by Tile
Every video stream you watch is a tradeoff between quality and processing cost. Intel's new patent describes a way to squeeze sharper…
Samsung Patents a Smart Ring You Can Press Like a Button
Samsung has filed a patent for a smart ring with a hidden mechanical switch inside it, so pressing down on part of…
Sony's New Patent Makes Surfaces Feel Harder or Softer on Demand
Sony has filed a patent for a device that makes a surface feel harder or softer on demand, not with motors or…
Samsung Patents a Light-Control Coating That Keeps Wearable Sensors Accurate
Tiny health sensors inside smartwatches and rings need darkness around them to work properly. Samsung's new patent describes a coating layer built…
Samsung Patents a Two-Device System for Cleaner Call Audio
Your earbuds already try to scrub out background noise, but Samsung thinks your phone should be doing half that job too. A…
Samsung Patents Technology to Switch Earbuds Between Phones Without Resetting Them
Every time you try to pair a set of earbuds with a new phone, there's a decent chance you're about to spend…
Sony Patents a Three-Electrode System for Reading Body Signals More Accurately
Sony has filed a patent for a biosignal detection device that uses three electrodes placed at different spots on your body to…
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