Nvidia Patents a Selective Radar Sampling System for Self-Driving Cars
Automotive radar generates a flood of signal data that most cars simply don't have the bandwidth to fully process. Nvidia's new patent…
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Tesla Patents a Simulated-Data Training Loop for Vision-Only Vehicles
Tesla's self-driving system relies entirely on cameras — no radar, no lidar. This patent describes how Tesla plans to make that vision-only…
Zoox Patents a Lattice-Based Motion Planner That Reprices Trajectories Around Live Objects
Zoox's latest patent describes a driving system that doesn't just pick a route — it pre-bakes a web of possible paths and…
Waymo Patents a System That Predicts When Cyclists Are About to Lose Control
Most self-driving safety systems react to people who are already in the road. Waymo's new patent is about something harder: predicting that…
Waymo Patents a Real-Time Acceleration Envelope for Self-Driving Cars
Waymo's latest patent tackles one of the trickiest problems in autonomous driving: how does a self-driving car know exactly how hard it…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Stop Wipers from Confusing Your Car's Cameras
Every time a windshield wiper sweeps across a dashcam's field of view, the image briefly flickers — and that flicker can confuse…
Waymo Patents a Two-Stage AI Model for Predicting Hidden Pedestrians
A parked bus blocks your view of the crosswalk ahead — and a child might be about to step out. Waymo's latest…
Waymo Patents a Machine Learning System for Smarter AV Lane Changes
Changing lanes is one of the trickiest things a human driver does — and it turns out it's just as hard for…
Google Patents a Unified Signal Framework for In-Car Software Integration
Every car is a tangle of sensors, ECUs, and proprietary protocols — and right now, getting an app to talk to all…
Nvidia Patents a Geometry-Guided Radar Tracking System for Autonomous Machines
Radar is noisy — a single return ping might land anywhere on a truck's surface. Nvidia's patent describes a system that uses…
Tesla Patents a Fleet-Powered Road Roughness Map for Predictive Suspension
Tesla wants your car to know a pothole is coming before your wheels ever touch it — and the data to make…
Tesla Patents a Magnetic Sun Visor That Splits Into Two Separate Panels
Tesla's latest patent reimagines one of the most low-tech parts of your car — the sun visor — by splitting it in…
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