Samsung Seeks to Trademark ‘Sound Visualizer’ for TV Viewers With Hearing Loss
Samsung’s South Korean parent company applied July 28 to trademark “Sound Visualizer” for downloadable software that aids TV-viewing for the hearing-impaired, Patent and Trademark Office records show. The software is used for “visualizing sound for people with hearing difficulties by…
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generating graphic images in response to sound waves,” said Samsung. It filed a similar application July 23 with U.K. trademark authorities, said PTO. Samsung TVs already deploy several technologies for viewers with hearing loss, including a feature called multi-output audio that enables consumers to pair Bluetooth headphones with TV sound. Samsung didn’t comment Monday.