Waymo Files Patent for Self-Driving Cars That Zoom In on Brake Lights
A self-driving car does not need to study every pixel of a camera image to spot a brake light. Waymo's patent has…
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Waymo Files Patent for Freeze-Frame Replays of Its Self-Driving Car's Decisions
Waymo's patent describes a way to freeze one moment of a self-driving car's decision-making and replay it later. The replay takes tens…
IBM Files Patent for Cars That Report the Loud Vehicle Next to Them
IBM's filing turns ordinary cars into roaming noise monitors that listen to the vehicle beside them, look up its repair records, and…
Tesla Files Patent to Spray Car Seat Surfaces Instead of Sewing Them
Tesla's patent application describes building a car seat's surface by spraying it into a mold, so the cover doesn't have to be…
Waymo Files Patent for Cars That Find Their Own Stop Spot Without a Painted Line
Plenty of residential streets have a stop sign and no painted line, so Waymo's patent teaches its cars to pick a sensible…
Google Files Patent for Cars That Notice When Road Construction Moves the Lane Lines
Google's patent turns ordinary cars with cameras into lane-line watchers that notice when construction shifts the paint, then tells the map to…
A New Qualcomm Patent Blends Every Car Sensor Into One View of the Road
Self-driving software usually passes its work down a chain of separate programs, and each handoff is a chance for an error. Qualcomm's…
Intel Files Patent for Robots That Turn Down Their Own Noise Near Hospitals and Schools
Cities are starting to cap how loud things can be, but a delivery robot's noise changes with every task and every street.…
Google Files Patent for Car Screens That Adapt to Weather, Battery and Crashes
Google's new filing teaches a car's software to read the situation: in the cold it can shut off screens to save battery,…
Waymo Files Patent to Grade a Self-Driving Car's Route One Step at a Time
Most driving AI learns by imitation. Waymo's filing describes grading the AI's own planned path, point by point, for crashes, comfort and…
Tesla Files Patent to Cut a Camera Window Into Its Windshield's Inner Layers
A car windshield is a sandwich of glass, plastic and glass, and a camera looking through all three picks up the distortion.…
Google Files Patent for Car Keys That Work Only Under Rules You Set
Your phone is your car key, until the battery dies. Google's patent describes a way to hand out temporary keys that come…
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