Google has applied for the patent for a technology to prevent bad drivers from driving. Technology must determine whether drivers are good or bad.
Google has applied for a patent for a technology that will be able to prevent bad drivers from driving. Details are still sketchy. But the idea behind it is pretty clear.
The technology must act as a kind of warning system to be implemented and tested in Google's fleet of self-driving cars.
This appears from a patent application sent to the US Patent and Trademark Office.
In all its 'simplicity', the system Google has in mind consists of surveillance. A number of systems are set up to monitor the driver behind the wheel. And if the driver is too inattentive, a number of warnings are issued.
Too many warnings must ultimately trigger a traffic ban. At least in Google's own cars. The question then is whether Google intends to take the 'threat' seriously. Many of the patents that companies apply for end up in the drawer.
For example, Ferrari has applied to have the technology behind an inverted V6 engine protected (i.e. with the cylinder head facing the asphalt, ed.). An engine like the one above burns hydrogen. Read more about it here .
At Ford, on the other hand, a patent has been sought for a technology that can reveal speeding offenders. Behind the patent is a camera release which must tell if the anchor is breaking the speed limit. Here we just add that Ford supplies many of the police cars. At least in the US.
Other patents are mostly created just in case. For example, at Volvo, which invented the three-point seat belt way back in 1959. However, the then Swedish brand allowed the invention to be freely used by all other car brands. Ever since, the licence, which Volvo still has, has been free.
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