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> Given engineering, space, and styling limitations, this typically results in a small unit placed forward of the rear-view mirror with cameras spaced only abou
by LeifCarrotson 6y ago
> Given engineering, space, and styling limitations, this typically results in a small unit placed forward of the rear-view mirror with cameras spaced only about 20cm apart
It's startling how hard it is to get a vehicle project to change anything. A non-structural but rigid pressed-steel truss that goes somewhere behind the grille of the vehicle would make this software compromise unnecessary.
I'm aware that Tesla basically took Mobileye's single-camera product off the shelf, but I wish someone in the Model S development team could have added that dual-camera structure as a requirement on Day 1.
- Johnny555 6y agoOne advantage of keeping it behind the windshield (aside from having a higher point of view), is that they get automatic camera cleaning from the windshield wipers (plus defrosting). If they put it lower behind the grill, then they need a completely separate cleaning/defrosting system. My car's lower bumper mounted radar antenna stops working any time I drive in the snow because it quickly gets coated with a layer of snow.
- yarcob 6y agoYou also get a better view of the road the higher up you mount the camera.