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My husband is an optometrist. There are lots of people who are driving with poor vision. We do not need (although it is obviously better) perfect vision to dr
by llsf 7y ago
My husband is an optometrist. There are lots of people who are driving with poor vision. We do not need (although it is obviously better) perfect vision to drive a vehicle. We can drive in fog or heavy rain, with limited vision. I am not sure that image quality is a big factor here.
But we do have a good spacial sense (distance) + object recognition (mass/speed) + psychology/habits. I can tell at glance if an object is able/supposed to move, and adjust (i.e. watch/sample it for few more milliseconds) to estimate it current speed. I estimate its mass and deduce inertia (can it stop if need to). I make eye contact with driver, to acknowledge that he saw me, etc. Not saying that those things cannot be learnt and used by a software.
I do agree that we do well with just two cameras, and we make up for it. BTW, from our senses, one that I rarely see mentioned is the hearing (used to label and spatially locate). I do use it while driving (e.g. motorbike approaching, but not seeing it yet, or emergency vehicle).