Sony Patents a System That Adjusts In-Car Video to Match the Road Outside
Watching a movie in a moving car while the road curves the other way is a recipe for nausea. Sony has patented…
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Zoox Patents a System That Scores How Politely a Self-Driving Car Changes Lanes
Merging into traffic is one of the trickier things a human driver does by instinct. Zoox is filing patents on how to…
Nvidia Patents a Radar Method for Tracking How Fast Objects Are Moving Around Autonomous Machines
A newly published Nvidia patent tackles one of the quiet headaches in autonomous driving: figuring out exactly how fast something near your…
Google Patent Uses Laser Reflections to Help Self-Driving Cars Detect Weather
When a self-driving car rolls over a patch of black ice, it needs to know before it starts sliding. Waymo has filed…
Nvidia Patents a Two-Stage AI System for Spotting Objects Around Self-Driving Cars
Getting a self-driving car to reliably spot a cyclist, a pedestrian, or a parked truck from every angle is one of the…
Waymo Patents System That Predicts How Long Drivers Take To React
Waymo is building a system that doesn't just track what other drivers do, it estimates how long they'll take to even notice…
Tesla Patent Would Open Your Trunk Before You Even Reach For It
Carrying grocery bags to the car and fumbling for the trunk release is one of those small daily frustrations that cars still…
Nvidia Patents a System for Steering Autonomous Vehicles via VR Headset
When a self-driving car hits a situation it can't handle, Nvidia's patent describes handing the wheel to a human operator wearing a…
Nvidia Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to Know When an Object Is Actually in Their Path
Not every object near a self-driving car is actually a threat. Nvidia's new patent describes a system that figures out exactly which…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Keep the Most Safety-Critical Car Features Running When Others Fail
When something goes wrong inside a self-driving car's computer, not every feature can stay on, so Nvidia has patented a system that…
Sony's Patent Lets a Remote Human Take Over When Self-Driving Sensors Fail
When one of a self-driving car's sensors goes dark, the vehicle is suddenly navigating blind in one direction. Sony's new patent describes…
IBM Patents a Safety-Scoring System for Autonomous Vehicle Drop-Offs
When a self-driving car pulls up to drop you off, should it decide whether that corner is actually safe? IBM thinks so,…
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