Nvidia Patents a Way to Merge Overlapping Sensor Readings in Self-Driving Cars
When an autonomous car uses a dozen sensors at once, the same nearby object can trigger dozens of separate alerts. Nvidia's new…
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Nvidia Patents an AI That Spots Open Car Doors Before Self-Driving Cars Get Too Close
A parked car swings its door open just as a self-driving vehicle rolls past, Nvidia's new patent describes an AI system designed…
Nvidia Patents a Self-Checking System That Keeps Cars Accurately Within Their Lanes
Self-driving cars fail, in part, because a single lane-detection system can be confidently wrong. Nvidia's latest patent describes running several of those…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Merge Radar and Camera Feeds Into One 3D Map for Self-Driving Cars
Cameras see detail but struggle in fog and darkness. Radar punches through weather but can't tell you what it's looking at. Nvidia's…
Wing Aviation Patents a Way to Test Drone Battery Health During Normal Flights
A drone that doesn't know how much charge its battery can actually hold is a drone that might fall out of the…
Nvidia Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to See Around Their Own Blind Spots
A self-driving car that can't see around a parked truck is a self-driving car that might drive into one. Nvidia's latest patent…
Nvidia Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to Map Their Own Blind Spots
Every self-driving car has blind spots, areas its sensors simply cannot see because something else is in the way. Nvidia's new patent…
Qualcomm Patents Car Camera Technology That Fixes Its Own Positioning Using Nearby Vehicles
Every camera on a self-driving car needs to know exactly where it's pointing, and right now that calibration is a painstaking process.…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Cars to Focus Their Sensor Data on the Most Dangerous Objects First
A self-driving car generates more data every second than most people store in a year. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system that…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Line Up Camera Images With Depth Sensor Data
When a car's radar or lidar says an object is in one place and the camera says it's somewhere else, bad things…
Zoox Patents a Way to Steer Autonomous Vehicles With Hand Gestures From Afar
Instead of a keyboard or joystick, a remote operator could point at a 3D map of a self-driving vehicle's surroundings and direct…
Tesla Patents a High-Power Emergency Alert System for Self-Driving Cars
When a self-driving car's sensor spots danger, waiting in line to report it could cost precious milliseconds. Tesla's new patent describes a…
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