Sony Patents AR Parking System That Highlights Open Spots in Real Time
Finding a parking spot is already stressful enough. Sony is patenting a system that overlays color-coded markers directly onto your car's camera…
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Nvidia Patents a Way to Keep Self-Driving Cars Clear of Roadside Obstacles
When a self-driving car encounters a parked truck or a stray dumpster in the road, it needs to know not just that…
Nvidia Patents a Camera-Radar System to Detect Children Left in Cars
Every year, children die after being forgotten in parked cars. Nvidia is now patenting a system that combines multiple sensors inside a…
Nvidia Files Patent for Precise Interior Vehicle Passenger and Object Measurement
Before a sensor can track whether a driver is drowsy or a child is left in a back seat, it needs to…
Nvidia Patent Targets Child Detection Across Every Vehicle Seat and Footwell
A child left in a hot car is one of the most preventable tragedies in automotive safety. Nvidia has filed a patent…
New Tesla Patent Lets One System Both Absorb Bumps and Read Road Conditions
Most car suspensions make a trade-off: tune them for comfort and they feel floaty at speed, tune them for sport and every…
New Nvidia Patent Teaches Self-Driving Cars to Spot Road Debris
A fallen tire, a couch cushion, a chunk of concrete sitting in lane two at 70 mph. These are the kinds of…
New Nvidia Patent Teaches Vehicles to Spot Threats Before Heavier Sensors Wake Up
Most vehicle safety systems blast every sensor at once, draining power constantly. Nvidia's new patent describes a layered approach: start with a…
Amazon Patent Teaches Robotaxi AI to Flag Unfamiliar Objects It Cannot Identify
Most AI systems will confidently misidentify something they've never seen before rather than admit uncertainty. Zoox is filing a patent for a…
Zoox Patents a System That Teaches Robotaxis Which Tiny Moving Objects to Ignore
A plastic bag blowing across an intersection is not the same as a child running into the road, but a self-driving car's…
IBM Patents a Self-Driving Car That Reads Your Brain to Decide What to Do Next
IBM has patented a self-driving car system that doesn't just watch the road. It also watches your brain, using a headset to…
Tesla Patent: Pinpointing Antenna Signal Origins to Improve Autonomous Vehicle Safety
Every radar on a Tesla needs to know exactly where its signal is 'coming from' to place objects accurately in space. This…
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