Google Receives Patent for 'Driverless' Car

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@Roger Williams
This is nothing new, but thanks for the "new and improved" Patent Laws, companies can "patent" anything. How about a wheel? Detect axle, determine radius, determine direction of movement, spin spin spin...Patent Pending!
@Snook Chaipornvadee
Google Car
@George Adams
Now that's innovation.
@Mike Tomlinson
every car should have an ipad/tablet docking station in the dashboard, to take over air conditioning, radio, navigation, surveillance (e.g. taxis), odometer/speedometer, check engine status and this autonomous driver functionality. looks like google is getting its ducks in a row! can't wait for the inevitable merging of smart tech + automobiles!
@Bobby Luttrell
What would be the advantage to not building this into the car? When I take my tablet out I'd rather not have a large amount of it's memory tied up with a car specific technology.
@Kathrin Hamilton
The obvious application is banks of cars that come to you on call, let you use them to the destinatio and then pootle back to the nearest strip themselves to await further instruction. goodbye GM. Bet Google buy ZipCar for their bays.
@Julian Hugh
See this is a prime example of an innovative company. Facebook designed a new Timeline, now that is a true innovation....NOT.
@John Fernandez
yea how innovative will it be when i replace your driveways qr code with mine that it cant read, then your car smashes into your house.
@Miguel Angel Alvarez
John Fernandez don't worry about it too much, an if else statement should fix that.
@Ariel Castillo
John Fernandez Lol. When you replace? Are you that intelligent to begin with? Lol. Google = Innovation. First creator of a true cloud os. And now this... bu bu bu...
@Sean Lancaster
All fun and games until the QR code saboteurs show up.
@Zachary Kestenbaum
Agree. I predict about 0.08 days before people start slapping prank QR codes in these spots. Was there any thought at all to security here?
@Jeremy Lichtman
My guess is that these will be semi-restricted (and probably covered) areas that allow passengers to offload and then act as a queue for the vehicles to move to a parking spot. i.e. there may be people who vandalize road signs, but very few who are brave enough to do so outside of a hotel (or police station).
@Mike Tomlinson
what about RFID?
@Vadim Berman
This is why the mechanics of the future will have to run security patches on your driverless car.
@Anthony David 'Adams
Mike Tomlinson this seemed like a perhaps better idea.. less prone to security issues. however you get the visual feedback of the QR code, which would allow for the to the inch measurements.
@Jeremy Lichtman
Vadim Berman agreed. I think I want to get a 60s muscle-car and fix it up. No computer chips. No susceptibility to EMF.
@Rahil Bhansali
Wondering if the google campus already has a lot of these/will have them over the next year?
@Zorlac Realm
I think they already have these technology in their campus. Employee moving building to building uses golf cart that autonomously pick them up drive them to their destination and park itself
@Muhammad Ihsan
nice
@Adam Clark
hehe, QR bombing.
@Paweł Woźniak
no chance, because of rain, breaking tires, .. leaves, dirt... only smth. like radial detection can work in those conditions. BTW. It's already in so many places used, so sorry Apple, U can not patent it.
@Mike Tomlinson
RFID?
@Paweł Woźniak
Mike Tomlinson I've searched and found also names: sensor loop, piezo sensor. http://www.meas-spec.com/product/t_product.aspx?id=4725 http://www.irdinc.com/systems/wim/wim_technology/piezo.php http://mtehelp.tech-metrocount.com/article.aspx?key=piezo-install So, Mike, radio frequency is better than visual detection.
@Roger Williams
Techcrunch is racist, delete brown skinned comments...
@Mark Cross
Google granted patent for "breathing"? This stuff is pure BOLLOCKS.
@Yoni Ende
Seems about as convenient as the cars that park themselves today. Cool in theory but not so much in reality. I love the idea of my car driving me around but I think I would like to handle parking.
@Jeff Hosea
How about some real transit solutions that reduce the number of cars on the roads? When are we (Americans especially) going to learn that our roads are unsustainable?
@Anthony David 'Adams
the automated driving should be able to increase the capacity of the road systems at least 2x, i'd imagine it's around 10x in some locations. combine that with smart taxi / on the fly car pooling, etc, and will have a very nice solution.
@James Straus
Can't wait to go on vacation by sitting in the back seat of my car, load in my address in Scottsdale, then sit back and relax. Google, take me there!