Nvidia Files Patent for Counting Each Object Once When Several Car Cameras See It
When one truck shows up in three different car cameras, a self-driving system has to work out that it is still just…
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This week's automotive patents
Week of November 5, 2026 · 20 filings covered · refreshes every week
The 20 automotive filings Patentlyze covered this week sort into three clusters: autonomous vehicle perception and decision-making, connectivity and sensor fusion, and a handful of outliers.
- Autonomous perception and safety. Waymo leads this group with filings on cars that zoom in on brake lights, notice when a pedestrian starts to fall, and find their own stop spot without a painted line, while Nvidia tackles counting each object once when several car cameras see it.
- Sensor fusion and connectivity. Qualcomm accounts for several filings here, including blending every car sensor into one view of the road, reading brake lights through fog and glare, and tagging car video with details about the camera that shot it.
- The outliers. Zoox filed on parking spots that tell a robotaxi where it is and deciding which streets its robotaxis can handle, Tesla filed on spraying car seat surfaces instead of sewing them, and Sony filed on a car that sprays hamburger smell when you pass a burger ad.
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Waymo Files Patent for Cars That Dodge Blind Spots in Double Left Turns
Double left turns are where human drivers cut corners and drift into your lane. Waymo's patent teaches its driverless cars to expect…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Tagging Car Video With Details About the Camera That Shot It
A car camera doesn't capture a whole frame in one instant, and a new Qualcomm patent adds a note to the video…
Zoox Files Patent for Parking Spots That Tell a Robotaxi Where It Is
A self-driving car that gets towed or rebooted can lose track of where it is. Zoox's answer is a list of distinctive…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Car Safety Alerts That Adapt to Where You Look
Your car could learn where your eyes normally go, then react sooner when they stop going there. Qualcomm's patent application treats the…
Waymo Patents a Robotaxi That Won't Pick You Up on a Slick Spot
If the curb where you asked to be picked up is covered in ice or standing water, a Waymo car could stop…
Sony Patents In-Car Scents That Match the Burger Ads You Drive Past
Sony's patent filing imagines your car releasing a hamburger smell the moment you drive past a burger billboard. A chocolate commercial on…
Waymo Files Patent for a Car That Notices When a Pedestrian Starts to Fall
Waymo's patent application teaches a self-driving car to read body posture, so it can notice a pedestrian or cyclist slipping before they…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Checks Vehicle Safety Requirements Before Switching Network Coverage
Before your car's wireless connection moves from one cell tower to the next, Qualcomm's filing has the first tower ask the next…
Amazon's Zoox Files Patent for Deciding Which Streets Its Robotaxis Can Handle
Before a robotaxi company adds a new neighborhood, it has to guess whether its cars can cope with the school zones, steep…
Amazon's Zoox Files Patent for Robotaxis That Warn You About Ice and Crowds
Your robotaxi could scan the sidewalk for ice and crowds while you're still inside, then send your phone a safer walking route…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Driver-Assist Tech That Reads Brake Lights Through Fog and Glare
Qualcomm's patent application teaches driver-assist software to read another car's brake lights and turn signals. It weighs three kinds of sensors, a…
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Automotive patent questions, answered
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Which companies file the most automotive patents?
Over the last 90 days, Google leads with 46 automotive filings, followed by Nvidia (44), Qualcomm (22), Amazon (19) and Tesla (18). That is out of 182 automotive filings from all the companies we track in the same period.
How many automotive patents has Big Tech published this month?
20 automotive patent applications from the companies we track have published in November 2026 so far, after 81 in October. Patentlyze has covered 353 automotive filings since May 2026.
What is the newest automotive patent?
Nvidia Files Patent for Counting Each Object Once When Several Car Cameras See It, a Nvidia filing published November 5, 2026. The latest filings are listed above, newest first.
Does a new automotive patent mean a product is coming?
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 which companies are putting research effort into automotive right now.
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