Tesla Patents a Way to Open Car Doors the Moment You Lean In
Tesla is working on a system that can tell, from your phone's position alone, whether you're about to climb into your car,…
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Nvidia Patents a Light-Projection System to Keep Driver Gaze Cameras Accurate
Getting a car's interior camera to reliably know where a driver is looking is harder than it sounds, and Nvidia just filed…
Waymo Patents a Two-Sensor System for Reading Traffic Signs in Any Weather
Missing a stop sign because the camera was blinded by glare is the kind of failure that ends rides and headlines. Waymo's…
Waymo Patents a Way for Its Cars to Fix Your Phone's GPS at Pickup
Getting into a Waymo sometimes means you and the car are both convinced you're in different places. A new Waymo patent would…
Intel Patents a Dashboard That Holds Its Messages Until You Can Handle Them
Your car's display already knows you're in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Intel's new patent would let it use that knowledge to decide whether now…
Zoox Files Patent for AI That Forecasts Where Nearby Objects Are Headed
A self-driving car that can't guess where other vehicles are going is a car that can't drive safely. Zoox has filed a…
Sony Patents a System That Picks the Right Warning Sound for Each Nearby Danger
Your car already beeps when something gets too close, but Sony wants those alerts to tell you more: not just that something…
Nvidia Patents a System That Tells Self-Driving Cars When Their Cameras Are Too Slow
Every self-driving car depends on cameras and sensors processing the world fast enough to react in time. Nvidia has filed a patent…
Nvidia Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to Map Intersections in 3D From Flat Camera Footage
Intersections are where most serious crashes happen, and they're also where self-driving cars struggle most. Nvidia has filed a patent for a…
Waymo Patents a System That Predicts All Nearby Drivers' Moves at Once
Most prediction systems think about one driver at a time. Waymo's new patent describes a way to predict what every car, cyclist,…
Nvidia Patents a System That Catches Self-Driving Cars Acting Erratically Before a Crash
Self-driving cars can make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes snowball fast. Nvidia has patented a way to detect when a vehicle's own…
Qualcomm Patents an AI Co-Pilot That Flags Road Threats and Asks for Your Input
Self-driving cars are only as good as their ability to spot trouble before it happens. Qualcomm's new patent describes an AI system…
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