Tesla Files Patent for Underbody Fans That Vacuum a Car Onto the Road
Race cars use wings to press themselves onto the track, but wings only work once you are going fast. Tesla's patent application…
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Waymo Files Patent to Stop Its Cars From Slamming the Brakes Over Tiny Sensor Glitches
Self-driving cars can overreact when a sensor guess shifts by a fraction of an inch. Waymo's patent describes safety zones the car…
Waymo Files Patent for Truck Stops Where Self-Driving Vehicles Exchange Cargo Loads
Self-driving trucks handle highways far better than crowded city streets, and Waymo's new patent builds a whole relay system around that. Trailers…
Nvidia Files Patent to Help Self-Driving Cars Focus on the Few Vehicles That Matter
Most of what a self-driving car sees never gets followed. Nvidia's patent application describes a filter that throws out far-lane traffic, and…
Nvidia Files Patent to Help Self-Driving Cars Read Blinking Turn Signals
A flashing turn signal is lit in one camera frame and dark in the next, which makes it surprisingly hard for a…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Relaying Car Warnings Around Blind Corners
Buildings block the radio signals cars use to warn each other, so Qualcomm's filing has a roadside box, or even another car,…
Mobileye Files Patent for a Car Radar That Sees Sharper With Fewer Antennas
Mobileye's new filing lets stray signal noise creep up at wide angles on purpose, because the antennas themselves already hush those angles.…
Waymo Files Patent for Headphone Sounds That Point You Toward Your Robotaxi
Waymo's patent skips the car horn: your headphones play a honk that seems to come from your actual car, and the sound…
Qualcomm Files Patent to Let Cars Pinpoint Each Other Using Painted Lane Lines
On a bare highway, a car's camera has almost nothing to latch onto, but the painted lane lines are always there. Qualcomm's…
Nvidia Files Patent to Help Self-Driving Cars Keep Track of the Same Pedestrian or Car
To brake sensibly, a self-driving car has to recognize the pedestrian in this frame as the same one from the last frame.…
Nvidia Files Patent to Pick the Right Lane Without Detailed Self-Driving Maps
Your phone's navigation app already says things like 'keep right to merge onto I-90 East.' Nvidia's new patent describes a car that…
Nvidia Files Patent for Cars That Guess Which Turn You Plan to Take
Your turn signal tells a car you're turning, but not which of two nearby streets you mean. Nvidia's patent application tries to…
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