Google Patents Autonomous Vehicle UI

[Guest]

Google was granted the rights to a user interface for its autonomous vehicle technology.

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[downhill911]

Google Patents Autonomous Vehicle UI because of being worried that APPLE would. LOL

 

[sliem]

[citation][nom]downhill911[/nom]Google Patents Autonomous Vehicle UI because of being worried that APPLE would. LOL[/citation]

Apple would what? They can't even make maps right.

 

[house70]

[citation][nom]downhill911[/nom]Google Patents Autonomous Vehicle UI because of being worried that APPLE would. LOL[/citation]
Because they actually made a autonomous vehicle. It's not only an idea they patented, but the actual product. That's how patents should be granted to begin with.

 

[RADIO_ACTIVE]

Its crazy what I am going to see in my lifetime, can't wait

 

[Botia]

Coooooooool

 

[twelch82]

I hope these are defensive rather than offensive patents, but even a company that currently has a "don't be evil" motto can change at the drop of the hat. You know, founder dies in a plane accident, investors take over and decide to milk the IP for all its worth.

 

[g00fysmiley]

sounds about right, in fl we can have self driving cars legally ... still haven't seen any dealerships sellign them though, i hope they make a prius with the option i would be a customer for sure

 

[robochump]

[citation][nom]downhill911[/nom]Google Patents Autonomous Vehicle UI because of being worried that APPLE would. LOL[/citation]

iHaters 2 Cents...lol. I like what Google is doing with auto industry. This is a huge investment in the future and Google may be a major player in automated cars (Smart Cars).

 

[Guest]

I wouldn't trust a self driving car until there is a good 10 year track record fo less accidents then manual.

I wouldn't trust a self driving car in the presence of manual drivers it he biggest problem. Trying to predict unpredictable humans around you.

Assuming a self driving only area, sensors imbeded into the roads, speed signs, street signs etc. Then i would be happily try it out. I wouldnt trust freeway driving until it was proven safe tho.

 

[sixdegree]

This certainly isn't good news for taxi drivers, formula one racers, and FedEx.

 

[husker]

This patent is for the UI, which is the User Interface. NOT the technology of the self driving car. As the article points out, it just looks like a normal UI with an extra status bar. Hardly worthy of a patent and clearly based on designs already in the public domain, including my car.

 

[CaedenV]

those disembodied arms would really make me 2nd guess my purchase of such a vehicle...

 

[JOSHSKORN]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]Apple would what? They can't even make maps right.[/citation]
Me thinks if Apple made autonomous vehicles with Apple maps, a lot of people would die. Their autonomous vehicles would fall off a cliff. What a cleaver way to heard the Apple sheep!