Nvidia patents self-checking system for autonomous vehicles
Nvidia describes a system for self-driving cars that uses machine learning to monitor its own driving behavior. If the car starts acting erratically or dangerously, the system detects the issue and takes action to prevent a crash.
In the filing’s own words
An autonomous driving system could create or exacerbate a hazardous driving situation due to incorrect machine learning, algorithm design, sensor limitations, environmental conditions or other factors. This technology presents solutions that use machine learning to detect when the autonomous driving system is in this state e.g., erratic or reckless driving and other behavior, in order to take remedial action to prevent a hazard such as a collision.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An autonomous or semi-autonomous machine comprising: one or more central processing units (CPUs); one or more graphics processing units (GPUs); one or more hardware accelerators; and a plurality of sensors with fields of view or sensory fields external to the autonomous or semi-autonomous machine; wherein the autonomous or semi-autonomous machine is to perform one or more control operations according to a selected plan, the plan selected using an arbitration component that arbitrates between outputs of two or more processing pipelines that individually process sensor data obtained using one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- Path Selection
- Publication number
- US20260285370A1
- Application number
- 19688408
- Filed
- May 26, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
B60W 60/0015 Operations & transportB60W 50/082 Operations & transportB60W 60/0016 Operations & transportB60W 60/0053 Operations & transportG06F 18/24133 Physics & computingG06N 3/045 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in Cars & transport
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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