Company patents
Google Technology Holdings LLC
Google Technology Holdings LLC's patent strategy reveals a surprising shift away from core communication technologies, with significant declines in Pictorial / Video Communications (-80.0% YoY in 2025) and Routing, Switching & QoS (-100.0% YoY in 2025). Despite this, there's an emerging focus on consumer-facing audio, as evidenced by a 66.7% YoY growth in Loudspeakers & Microphones in 2025, alongside a notable 100.0% YoY increase in Wireless Networks in the same year, suggesting a pivot towards integrated hardware and connectivity solutions.
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Yearly patent publications since 2023
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Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.
54 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 11 themes
Techniques for enhancing, encoding, decoding, or separating speech and audio signals, often involving multi-microphone arrays, acoustic echo cancellation, beamforming, or advanced audio compression for improved clarity and quality.
Designing user interfaces and interaction methods specifically for mobile or wearable devices, enabling control of external systems, monitoring user states, or facilitating real-world transactions.
Methods and apparatus for improving the visual fidelity, resolution, or compression efficiency of video signals, often through advanced processing, up-scaling, or neural network-based filters.
Integration of advanced functionalities into headphones, earphones, or hearing aids, such as multi-device connectivity, health monitoring sensors, custom fitting mechanisms, and intelligent audio switching or control.
Techniques to improve the accuracy and robustness of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems by incorporating contextual information, dynamic hint words, or customized machine learning models for specific domains or users.
Applications of speech processing and artificial intelligence for medical diagnosis, therapeutic interventions, or accessibility solutions, particularly for conditions affecting speech production or hearing.
Systems that combine data from multiple camera sensors or capture multiple images from different perspectives or qualities, often involving image processing techniques like synthesis to create enhanced or comprehensive views.
Application of neural networks and AI/ML models within hearing devices or audio systems to enhance, filter, or process audio signals for improved user experience, such as speech understanding or noise reduction.
Technologies for establishing and maintaining secure communication channels between devices or networks, often employing encryption, secure protocols, or virtual private networks (VPNs).
Systems and methods for authenticating users, devices, or applications, authorizing their access to resources based on policies, and managing digital identities across various platforms.
Technologies for generating artificial speech that is personalized, context-aware, or adaptable to specific virtual agents or messaging campaigns, often utilizing text-to-speech (TTS) and audio caching for efficient delivery.
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Neural Network Audio Processing