Nvidia May Have A Fix For Self-Driving Cars Detecting Emergency Vehicles

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Nvidia recently filed a patent to enable self-driving cars to respond autonomously to nearby emergency vehicles. The company is primarily famous for making graphics cards that gamers use worldwide. However, Nividia is also renowned for its prowess in developing artificial intelligence-based technologies for computers as well as automobiles.

For starters, Nvidia's DLSS and Optix are two AI-based applications that increase graphics fidelity in computer games. Furthermore, Nvidia also uses its GPUs with powerful AI capabilities to help design even better graphics cards. Thus, saving resources and improving chip design in the process. Moreover, Nvidia also offers dedicated hardware, including specially designed GPUs for accelerated machine learning development.

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With its expertise in artificial intelligence, it only seems natural for Nvidia to develop hardware and software solutions for self-driving cars. Nvidia already has partnerships with some of the biggest automotive names in the industry, including Audi and Mercedes Benz. Moreover, it recently filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office that explains how it plans to use a specially designed system containing microphones to identify and respond to different emergency vehicles.

The broad explanation of Nvidia's patent involves identifying and responding to alert sirens of different emergency vehicles with the use of a pair of microphones. The solution proposed by the company requires these microphones to be attached to an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle and work in collaboration with a Deep Neural Network (DNN). The microphones will generate audio signals based on the