Waymo Patents a System That Steers Autonomous Cars Away From Icy Roads
Icy roads are one of the hardest problems for self-driving cars to handle. Waymo has filed a patent for a system that…
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Samsung Patents Self-Driving Car Sensor Correction Through Shared Vehicle Data
Self-driving car sensors drift over time, and recalibrating them usually means a trip to a service bay. Samsung's new patent describes a…
Waymo Patents an AI That Stops Its Robotaxis From Blocking Traffic
One of the most complained-about behaviors of robotaxis is stopping in the wrong spot and snarling traffic. Waymo is now patenting an…
IBM Patents a System That Cross-Checks What a Vehicle's Cameras and Sensors Are Reporting
When a self-driving car reports what it saw on the road, how do you know the data is accurate or hasn't been…
Tesla Patents a Vision System That Builds a Running Map of Still Objects Around Its Cars
Self-driving cars are surprisingly bad at remembering things that don't move. Tesla's latest patent tackles exactly that gap, describing a system that…
Waymo Patents a System That Helps Self-Driving Cars Plan Pull-Overs Around Hidden Spots
When a self-driving car needs to pull over, the safest spot might be one it can't yet see. Waymo has filed a…
Tesla Patents a Rear Wing That Hides Until the Car Needs It
Tesla's latest patent describes a rear wing that stays completely hidden inside the car's bodywork until the car's computer decides it needs…
Tesla Patents a System to Sync Camera and Radar Identifications for Self-Driving AI
Training a self-driving car's AI requires enormous amounts of labeled data, and right now humans often have to label the same object…
Zoox Patents a System That Fixes Radar Speed Errors for Self-Driving Cars
Radar is a self-driving car's first line of defense against collisions, but it has a well-known blind spot: speed measurements can come…
Tesla Patents a Self-Driving Safety System That Reads Its Own Cameras for Blind Spots
When a self-driving car's cameras are blocked by rain, glare, or fog, the car needs to know it's flying blind. Tesla's new…
Zoox Patents a System That Does Route Math in the Cloud So Its Cars Don't Have To
Instead of flooding every car in a fleet with live traffic feeds, Zoox wants a central server to do the heavy math…
Zoox Patents a Color-Coded Lane Map System for Its Self-Driving Cars
When a self-driving car gets a destination, it needs to know not just where to go but which lane to be in…
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