Qualcomm Patents a Way to Spot Dirty or Failing Cameras in Self-Driving Cars
What if a self-driving car could notice that one of its cameras was covered in mud — before it made a bad…
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Qualcomm Patents a Mapping System That Pools Visual Data Across Multiple Vehicles
Instead of each car building its own map from scratch, Qualcomm's patent describes a system where vehicles pool their visual observations through…
Nvidia Patents a LiDAR-Only System That Tracks Moving Objects for Self-Driving Cars
Most self-driving perception systems lean heavily on cameras and radar to track how fast other objects are moving. Nvidia's new patent describes…
Sony Patents a Tile-Based Windshield Dimming System for In-Car HUDs
Heads-up displays on windshields have always had a glare problem — the real world bleeds through projected text and graphics. Sony's new…
LiDAR Background Imaging Fills Gaps in Vehicle Range Data
Waymo's LiDAR sensors already fire laser pulses to map the world around a car — but what about the directions where those…
Waymo Patents a Self-Navigating Depot Check-In System for Robotaxis
When a Waymo robotaxi needs service, who tells it where to park? A new patent answers that question — and it's more…
Waymo Patents a Dual-Brain Fallback System for When Its Robotaxis Break Mid-Drive
What happens when a self-driving car's computer partially fails at 65 mph on a freeway? Waymo's answer is a dual-brain hardware architecture…
Haptic Buttons That Calibrate Themselves Could Replace Traditional Car Controls
Tesla has patented a haptic control system where the same motor that gives you tactile feedback can also turn around and test…
Zoox Patents a System Where Robo-Taxis Cross-Check Each Other's Position
What if two self-driving cars could look at each other, compare notes on where they think they are, and use that conversation…
Zoox Patents a Two-Stage Object Path Predictor for Autonomous Vehicles
Predicting where a pedestrian will walk is hard enough — predicting exactly when they'll be at each step is even harder. Zoox's…
Qualcomm Patents a Self-Monitoring Trigger That Catches When Its AV AI Contradicts Itself
What if your self-driving system could notice when its own subsystems disagree — and automatically save the sensor data from that moment…
Qualcomm Patents a Steering Torque System That Signals When Autopilot Is Active
One of the trickiest moments in autonomous driving isn't the car taking over — it's the moment you reach for the wheel.…
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