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Huawei ranks fourth in the 2021 Global patent list
As per the latest report published by patent database provider IFI Claims Patent Services, Huawei’s ranking on the US patent list continued to rise, reaching fifth. The report shows that in 2021, Huawei won 2,770 US patents, ranking fifth, basically the same as 2,761 in 2020. IBM won 8,682 US patents last year, ranking first in the US patent list for 29 consecutive years, but it fell 5% from 9,130 in 2020.
Although Huawei’s network equipment has been shut out of the U.S. market and access to mobile phone parts has been cut off by the U.S. government, Huawei has been successful in obtaining U.S. patents. The reason why Huawei’s patent ranking last year rose from ninth in 2020 to fifth is partly due to the decrease in the number of patents obtained by other companies. Last year, the number of patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office fell 7 percent year on year. Samsung, Canon, and TSMC ranked second to fourth, but the number of U.S. patents they obtained last year decreased by 1%, 6%, and 1% year-on-year, respectively.
In 2021, Samsung still ranks first with 90,416 patents globally, but six Chinese entities, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Huawei, have more invention patents than IBM. IBM is only the eighth. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Midea Group, Huawei, China Petrochemical Corporation, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, and Gree Electric ranked second to seventh respectively.
US companies accounted for less than half of the 327,329 US patents issued last year. Artificial intelligence and machine learning remain the fastest-growing areas of innovation. In this area, IBM, Samsung, Google, Intel and Microsoft lead the way.
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Huawei Sound X4 smart speaker was launched on Huawei Mall, and full pre-sale started on the same day, and the first sale of the new product started at 20:00 on October 31.
The smart speaker is available in two colors: Rhythmic Black and Dynamic White, priced at 2199 yuan and 2599 yuan respectively.
The speaker contains eight units, including 1 woofer, 4 mid-range speakers, 1 tweeter and 2 passive radiators . Officials said that the high, medium and low frequency units work within their respective frequency response ranges, giving full play to the advantages of each unit. A HUAWEI Sound X4 can bring “symphony orchestra-like” sound effects.
The speaker has obtained Hi-Res high-definition sound quality certification, which can provide more sound details and also perceive the spatial sense of the sound. Its subwoofer has a power of 50W and is also equipped with 2 passive radiators. The low frequency dives to 36Hz and has a 25mm stroke.
In addition, its high-frequency unit has a power of 3W and the mid-frequency unit has a power of 5W, and they use pure titanium diaphragm and self-developed mica fiber diaphragm respectively.
The speaker is equipped with Huawei SOUND bass enhancement algorithm, which can actively control the vibration of the speaker, reduce distortion, improve the transient response of low frequency, and achieve deep and powerful low frequency performance. It adopts Sym-Pole mirror design to offset vibration noise and bring rich bass.
In addition, it supports control methods such as one-touch, one-cover, and two-tap, which can respectively complete operations such as lighting, muting, and turning off the lights. The speaker also supports intelligent recognition of spatial structure, emitting sound waves to detect the room structure and receiving feedback, and can automatically match the sound effect scheme in the spatial scene.
Huawei’s GoPaint App was released in May this year and officially launched in August this year. The App is a digital painting software provided by Huawei. Yesterday, the app was newly adapted to 4 tablets including the MatePad Pro 11-inch 2022 model.
A user recently asked in the community for the app compatibility and support replied that “This function is expected to be supported in the first quarter of 2025.”
According to reports, the official version of GoPaint App has over 150 preset brushes, more than 80 brush parameters that can be adjusted, and fluid brushes that can restore the real pen-and-paper rendering effect. At the same time, new realistic canvas styles have been added, including watercolor, ink, oil painting, rock color, etc.
The official version of GoPaint App also has Fangtian Painting Engine 2.0 built in, supports 100+ 6K high-definition layers and 8K ultra-large canvas, and is the first to use a floating splash brush, which can splash ink by double-clicking the pen.
Huawei has now started rolling out the September 2024 security patch update to the Pura 70 lineup in Europe.
Huawei Pura 70 lineup
LIST OF CHANGES
[SYSTEM]
Improves system stability in certain situations.
[SECURITY]
Integrates security patches released in September 2024 for improved system security.
UPDATE NOTES
Updating will not delete your personal information, but we recommend that you back up important data before updating.
If you encounter any problems during the update, please call the Huawei customer hotline or visit a Huawei customer service center.
The update package will be automatically deleted after the update is complete.