Nvidia Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to See Around Their Own Blind Spots
A self-driving car that can't see around a parked truck is a self-driving car that might drive into one. Nvidia's latest patent…
252 filings · category
Automotive patents
The Big Tech patents worth knowing in automotive, in plain English. Updated weekly from new USPTO publications.
Recent filings
252 total
Nvidia Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to Map Their Own Blind Spots
Every self-driving car has blind spots, areas its sensors simply cannot see because something else is in the way. Nvidia's new patent…
Qualcomm Patents Car Camera Technology That Fixes Its Own Positioning Using Nearby Vehicles
Every camera on a self-driving car needs to know exactly where it's pointing, and right now that calibration is a painstaking process.…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for Cars to Focus Their Sensor Data on the Most Dangerous Objects First
A self-driving car generates more data every second than most people store in a year. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system that…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Line Up Camera Images With Depth Sensor Data
When a car's radar or lidar says an object is in one place and the camera says it's somewhere else, bad things…
Zoox Patents a Way to Steer Autonomous Vehicles With Hand Gestures From Afar
Instead of a keyboard or joystick, a remote operator could point at a 3D map of a self-driving vehicle's surroundings and direct…
Tesla Patents a High-Power Emergency Alert System for Self-Driving Cars
When a self-driving car's sensor spots danger, waiting in line to report it could cost precious milliseconds. Tesla's new patent describes a…
Waymo Patents an AI That Predicts Collisions by Mapping Every Object's Next Move
Waymo's latest patent describes a system that doesn't just track where other cars and pedestrians are right now, it predicts where they'll…
Samsung Patents a Self-Driving System That Uses an AI Language Model to Double-Check Its Own Routes
Samsung has filed a patent for a self-driving system that doesn't just plan a route, it then asks an AI language model…
Zoox Patents an AI That Matches Driving Behavior to Plain-English Descriptions
Teaching a self-driving car what 'erratic driver' means is surprisingly hard. Zoox is working on an AI system that learns to connect…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Push LiDAR's Detection Range Further Out
LiDAR sensors on autonomous vehicles have a blind spot: the farther away an object is, the worse the AI gets at identifying…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Reads Complex Road Signs Symbol by Symbol
A car's camera sees a sign, but does it actually read it? Qualcomm has patented a system that doesn't just spot a…
Get the weekly Patentlyze email
We read every patent application Big Tech publishes and send you the ones worth knowing. Plain English, free, every week.