Nvidia Files Patent to Help Self-Driving Cars Identify Pedestrians From Distance Sensors
Nvidia's filing covers a self-driving AI that picks out pedestrians and cars in laser scans, and describes training it with labels people…
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Qualcomm Files Patent to Have Pedestrians' Phones Alert Cars Only in Danger Zones
Your phone could stop shouting its location to every car nearby and save the broadcast for places where walking gets dangerous, like…
Tesla Files Patent for a Truck That Tilts Itself to Make Loading Ramps Gentler
Tesla has filed to let a truck crouch at the back and rise at the front on command, so a motorcycle rolling…
Zoox Files Patent to Help Self-Driving Cars Guess Which Path to Check First
A self-driving car facing a messy road has too many possible moves to check them all. Zoox's patent describes an AI that…
Waymo Files Patent to Pick Up Riders Where People Actually Walk
Waymo's maps may say a fence blocks the sidewalk, yet its sensors have watched people slip through a gap beside a fire…
Tesla Files Patent for Car Doors Where the Outer Metal Skin Is the Crash Protection
In most cars, the door skin you see is thin and the real crash protection hides inside. Tesla's patent application flips that,…
Nvidia Files Patent to Help Self-Driving Cars Find the Edges of a Parking Spot
Nvidia's patent has a self-driving car double-check its AI's guess about a parking space against the edges its cameras actually pick up.…
Sony Files Patent to Show Who Sent the Warning Projected on the Road
If cars start painting arrows and stop lines on the pavement, you will need to know which car painted them. Sony's filing…
Nvidia Files Patent to Help Cars Find Their Place on a Basic Flat Map
A car that can work out exactly where it is using one camera and a bare-bones street map: that is the pitch…
Nvidia Files Patent to Help Self-Driving Radar Spot How Fast Things Move Sooner
Nvidia's filing teaches a car's radar AI to grade its own homework. It guesses how fast things are moving, rebuilds the radar…
Intel Files Patent to Keep Self-Driving Cars' Laser Sensors From Confusing Each Other
When every self-driving car fires lasers at the same road, how does any of them know which flash is its own? Intel's…
Waymo Files Patent to Turn a Car's Sensor Washing Into a Health Check
Every time a self-driving car washes its sensors, this patent application has it run a quick health check on them at the…
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