Qualcomm Patents a Way to Tell When a Driver Overrides an Autopilot System
When a car's autopilot wants to turn left but you grab the wheel and go straight, something has to notice that conflict.…
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Qualcomm Patents a System That Combines Camera and Radar Data to Spot Both Nearby and Distant Objects
Your car's sensors are great at spotting the pedestrian right in front of you, but what about the truck two blocks away?…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Plan Robot Paths on a GPU in Parallel
Planning a route for a self-driving car or robot arm sounds simple until you realize the machine has to weigh thousands of…
Qualcomm Patents a More Efficient Way for Cars to See Themselves From Above
Your car's driver-assist system already stitches together feeds from several cameras, but doing that in real time takes serious computing power. Qualcomm's…
Qualcomm Patents a Car Audio System That Changes What You Hear Based on Where You're Sitting
Imagine a car where the driver automatically gets navigation audio while rear-seat passengers hear a movie, all sorted out without anyone touching…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Adjusts Car Computer Power Based on How You Drive
Every time you start your car, the onboard computer has to wake up and get to work. Qualcomm's new patent describes a…
Google Patent Introduces Subscription Layers to Organize Vehicle Map Service Data
Google is patenting a way to pipe map data to cars in selective layers, so each vehicle only receives the specific slices…
Samsung Patent Tackles Sensor Blind Spots in Self-Driving Cars
Every self-driving car has a dirty secret: the physical frame holding its sensors together creates blind spots the sensors can't see around.…
Waymo Patent Teaches Self-Driving Cars to React to Hidden Pedestrians
A Waymo car approaching a blind corner can't see what's hiding around it, but a new patent lets the entire fleet pool…
Nvidia Patent Hides 360-Degree Camera Stitching Glitches Through Smart Spatial Masking
When a car's surround-view camera system reshuffles how it blends images together, the result can be a jarring visual pop on screen.…
Nvidia Patent Lets Carmakers Customize How Vehicles Detect and Monitor Passengers
Nvidia has filed a patent for a system that lets automakers customize exactly how a vehicle's sensors work together to detect what's…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Reports When Vehicles Stray From Their Planned Routes
Every navigation system knows where a vehicle is supposed to go. Qualcomm's new patent is about what happens when it doesn't get…
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