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Ford Motor Co. seeks a patent for a drone system that would locate passengers who call a self-driving robo-taxi, while another Ford filing, envisioning self-driving cars with conference room-style seating, seeks to patent a special air bag that will fit into a center table to protect the occupants facing it.

For its part, BMW AG wants to patent a system that would allow an autonomous vehicle to communicate with pedestrians or human drivers in other vehicles, through visual signs, beeps or even speech.

Hyundai Motor Co. , meantime, seeks to protect a device that would allow a driver to exit from the car and then push a button to park it, while Toyota Motor Corp . is looking to patent a technology that makes certain car parts such as door pillars appear to be see-through.

Auto executives feel the heat from tech companies, as richly funded startups and corporate heavyweights develop their own moonshot ideas.

For instance, Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo autonomous-car division in 2015 filed a patent application for a shape-shifting vehicle that would become flexible in a collision.

drone 无人机

locate 定位；找到

envision 设想；预想

self-driving cars 自动驾驶汽车

autonomous vehicle 自动驾驶汽车

seating 座椅安排

patent 专利；得到…的专利

air bag 气囊

pedestrian 行人

see-through 透明的

startup 初创公司

moonshot 对月发射

collision 碰撞

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