Google wins patent for driverless car technology
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 06:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- News surfaced this week that Google has won a patent for driverless car technology. Google filed the patent in May this year. The application is titled Transitioning a Mixed-mode Vehicle to Autonomous Mode. The patent presents a method listing numerous embodiments suggested, for a vehicle that switches from being driven by a human to moving, stopping, and parking autonomously.