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The cameras used in applications like these are not like your typical 24-bit RGB cameras in phones or webcams that need gain adjustment: their sensors support a
by DaiPlusPlus 9y ago
The cameras used in applications like these are not like your typical 24-bit RGB cameras in phones or webcams that need gain adjustment: their sensors support a very high range of brightness values (like "high dynamic range") - but the video released to the public and the media would be MPEG/H.26x/etc which do not support HDR - or at least most video players wouldn't. The police probably lacked the expertise to know to demand the raw high-range camera data but instead just asked for "the video" and it's possible Uber deliberately took advantage of their ignorance to release a video that mitigates their culpability.
- hcknwscommenter 9y agoThe video was not from a "high dynamic range" sensor, regardless of whether the car actually had one installed. I believe it did have such a "high dynamic range" sensor, which shows the blatant disregard for the truth that Uber is showing here by releasing such misleading video.
- stefan_ 9y agoThe video was very obviously obtained from a dashcam solution that isn't actually used to do any of the autonomous driving. It's possible they don't even record the raw footage from the AI cameras, that's a huge bandwidth hog.
- freyir 9y agoThey could easily buffer the last N minutes of recorded data in a black box. Not doing so would seem pretty irresponsible.
- InitialLastName 9y agoUber? Irresponsible? Inconceivable!