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Google's self-driving cars will be able to detect police cars.
PatentNo. -US20 160252905
Google's self-driving cars may become very smart, however, they also need to obey traffic rules on the road. According to the traffic rules of most countries, when a police car approaches a car, the driver should immediately pull over.
In addition, the police sometimes carry out chase operations. In these close chases, police cars have the right to ignore traffic signals and there is no speed limit. However, any form of obstruction may undermine the emergency response.
Therefore, Google has developed a police car detection system for self-driving cars, which can automatically detect police cars according to their flashing patterns. For example, in the United States, the standard configuration of police car flash system is four kinds of light sources. These four light sources emit red light and blue light alternately.
Once a police car is detected, the self-driving car will instinctively avoid the police car; For example, pull over.
The system can also be used to detect other types of emergency vehicles, for example, according to the lighting mode of ambulances.
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Your favorite Disney princess may come back to life soon.
PatentNo.: US -9427868
This technology can change all the status quo, that is, let the characters in cartoons reappear in the form of robots.
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Ford plans to build a phantom roof on their car.
PatentNo.: US-20 160250969
Ford developed a phantom roof to replace the skylight. The phantom roof simulates an opening at the top. It has a camera to capture live video and feed back pictures around the car. In addition, the display panel is disposed on the inner surface of the top. The display panel feeds back the real-time video of the visual angle around the car to the car.
When the ambient light is not ideal, the display panel can be closed to simulate the shading effect of closing the skylight. In addition, the display panel can have different parts, which can be independently illuminated, for example, to illuminate different areas of the passenger compartment.
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Xerox will use your eyeball to measure blood sugar.
PatentNo.: US-20 160249802
At present, Xerox has invented an optical measuring device for eyeball, which is used to measure the characteristics of aqueous humor in the anterior segment of human eyeball. The device emits light to the anterior segment of human eyeball, and then detects the light passing through aqueous humor when the eyeball rotates outward. The detected light is then analyzed to determine the characteristics of aqueous humor.
The principle of the device is that the aqueous humor in the anterior segment of the eye is almost the same as the serum, including protein, glucose, ascorbic acid, etc. As we all know, there is a correlation between the glucose concentration in blood and aqueous humor. In addition, aqueous humor contains cell-free substances found in blood, which has little effect due to light scattering. Protein, glucose and ascorbic acid contained in aqueous humor are all optically active substances with optical power. Therefore, the concentration of glucose can be determined by measuring the polarization plane rotation angle (optical power) of optically active substances in aqueous humor.
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Nike wants your shoes to match your socks.
PatentNo.: US-20 160249686
Nike is one of the most innovative companies in designing shoe space. They introduce new shoes almost every week.
A recent patent shows that Nike is working on the design and adjustment of shoes and socks. The design will include a mark, which may be a sign, a symbol, an abstract design, or a holographic mark. Every shoe and sock is only partially marked. When the user puts on shoes and socks at the same time, some marks on the shoes and socks are aligned and all the marks will appear.
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