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Actually you will need more than a camera input, may be even a sound input. In darkness it helps if you can hear the vehicles coming close.
by kamaal 9y ago
Actually you will need more than a camera input, may be even a sound input.
In darkness it helps if you can hear the vehicles coming close.
- cr0sh 9y ago> may be even a sound input Bingo. When we drive a vehicle, we use so much more than just our eyes to sense the environment, and hearing plays a very large part. I believe that it is something that warrants research for self-driving vehicle usage; I don't know if anyone has done such research, but I haven't seen any papers on it yet. If not, it seems like an underappreciated sensor aspect that could potentially greatly augment self-driving vehicle capabilities, and would be a very simple and cheap sensor to add to a vehicle as well. EDIT: Found this recent article... https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604272/a-sense-of-hearing-could-make-cars-safer-and-more-reliable/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604272/a-sense-of-hearing... While it seems to be focused mainly on diagnosing issues with vehicles before they become larger problems, there are hints about it being used for self-driving tasks as well.
- Diederich 9y agoI think you're implying that deaf drivers are fundamentally less safe than hearing drivers. Studies have been highly mixed: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/deaf-drivers.htm http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/deaf-drivers.htm I would be comfortable saying that the advantages a deaf, many eyed, always alert self driving system would far outweigh the safety of a hearing, two eyed and sometimes alert human driver.