Waymo Patents a Way for Its Robotaxis to Feel the Fog, Rain, and Haze Around Them
Waymo is patenting a way for its vehicles to measure how foggy, rainy, or hazy the air actually is — not just…
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Waymo Patents a Heated Sensor Window That Fights Fog and Frost Two Ways
Rain, fog, and frost are kryptonite for self-driving car sensors. Waymo's latest patent describes a heated sensor window that uses two completely…
Waymo Patents a Self-Driving Car That Notices When Its Own Sensors Are Off
What if your self-driving car could notice its own sensors were off — and fix them — just by comparing what it…
Samsung Patents a Way to Wake Only the Car Camera That's Actually Needed
Instead of running every car camera all the time, Samsung's new patent describes a system that uses ultra-wideband radar to spot and…
Zoox Patents a Way to Stop Self-Driving Cars from Missing Thin Objects
When a self-driving car scans the world in 3D, thin or sparse features like a truck's side mirror or a bike's handlebar…
Zoox Patents a Dual-Mode Path Planning System for Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars have to plan paths in two very different ways depending on what they're doing — and Zoox is patenting a…
Zoox Patents a System That Hears and Sees Emergency Vehicles at Once
Spotting an ambulance in traffic is easy for a human who can both see its flashing lights and hear its siren —…
Samsung Patents a Temperature-Aware Storage System Built for Self-Driving Cars
Flash memory behaves differently when it's hot or cold — and in a car, that variance can be extreme. Samsung's new patent…
Samsung Patents an In-Car Display That Shows Notifications Based on Where You're Looking
Samsung is working on a car display that watches your eyes and decides whether — and how — to show you a…
IBM Patents a Drone-Based System That Extends a Car's Vision in Fog or Snow
Fog and heavy snow are genuinely hard problems for self-driving cars — the sensors that work great in sunshine can go nearly…
Qualcomm Patents a Map-Aware System That Sends Intersection Safety Alerts
Intersections are where most serious crashes happen, and a lot of safety systems struggle with curved roads. Qualcomm is filing a patent…
Qualcomm Patents a Context-Aware Object Detection Filter for Self-Driving Cars
Most object detectors treat every part of the frame equally — but Qualcomm's new patent lets a car's vision system raise or…
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