Zoox Patents a Backup Brain That Keeps Its Robotaxis Moving After a Computer Crash
When one of the computers inside a Zoox robotaxi fails mid-ride, the vehicle can't just pull over and wait for a tow…
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Nvidia Patents a Multi-Sensor Location System for Self-Driving Vehicles
Getting a self-driving car to know exactly where it is on the road is harder than it sounds. Nvidia's latest patent describes…
Google Patents Tech to Catch Flat Tires and Shifting Cargo in Self-Driving Trucks
A self-driving truck with a blown tire or shifting cargo can't pull over and call for help the way a human driver…
Nvidia Patents a Hidden Infrared System That Maps Your Car's Cabin in 3D
Nvidia wants to fill a vehicle cabin with invisible infrared light and hidden cameras — not to take photos, but to build…
Nvidia Patents a Multi-Sensor System for Automatically Controlling a Self-Driving Car's Lights
Knowing when to switch on your headlights sounds trivial — until you're a self-driving car navigating a tunnel, an overcast highway, and…
Zoox Patents an AI That Maps Live Traffic Flow as a Grid of Directional Arrows
Knowing that a car is nearby is one thing. Knowing exactly where it's headed and how fast — at every point in…
IBM Patent Lets Self-Driving Cars Decide Their Own Automation Level as a Group
Instead of letting each car figure out how autonomous to be on its own, IBM wants a central AI to pool data…
Sony's New Patent Puts Screens on Car Hoods to Warn Pedestrians Where the Car Is Headed
Imagine a car that can literally show you where it's about to go — not with a blinking turn signal, but with…
Amazon's New Patent Wants to Bolt Sensors onto Regular Cars to Train Its Self-Driving AI
Zoox wants to train its self-driving AI without putting its own autonomous vehicles on every road first — and the trick is…
Tesla's New Patent Teaches Its Cars to Read Where Every Lane Leads
Tesla is patenting a way for its cars to figure out — using cameras alone — which lanes lead where, which merge,…
Nvidia's New Patent Maps a Car's Interior Before Deciding If the Driver Is Drowsy
Before a car's camera system can reliably tell if a driver is drowsy or a child is left in the back seat,…
Waymo's New Patent Puts AI Inside the Camera So It Spots Objects Before Sending Anything
Waymo is filing a patent for cameras that don't just take pictures — they identify objects on their own, right inside the…
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