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Interestingly, Tesla’s earliest autopilot software (made by Mobileye) could read and respond to speed limit signs, but MobilEye patented that ability and so whe
by Robotbeat 5y ago
Interestingly, Tesla’s earliest autopilot software (made by Mobileye) could read and respond to speed limit signs, but MobilEye patented that ability and so when Tesla switched to their in-house software, they lost that ability.
Seems insane to me that you can patent reading a speed limit sign, since reading signs is what signs are for and is necessary to obey the law, but there we go… “with a computer” seems sufficient grounds to make something patentable.
- _ea1k 5y agoCurrent Tesla AP can read speed limit signs too.
- b112 5y agoHeh. I wonder what might happen to a person with a bionic eyes. After lawsuit, signs are blacked out in their vision.
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- Sebb767 5y agoTechnically, to black them out, you'd need to recognize them first - which would violate that patent.
- netsharc 5y agoHa, subscription fee to pay for the license to the patent troll. Then people will install modded bionic eyes firmware downloaded from Ukranian websites[1]. The future will be like Cyberpunk 2077, except the hacks are just to bypass paywall DRM. [1] https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/john-deere-tractor-hacks-ukrainian/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/john-deere-tractor-hacks-...
- Bedon292 5y agoI was wondering what happened. I knew they used to be able to actually read the signs, but now its all a database that can be quite wrong. I think the DB is nice to have, since signs can be few and far between, but would really like to see it back to reading signs. I don't understand how that could possibly stand up as a patent. It shouldn't pass the obviousness test. Reading a sign is a super obvious thing to do. But you would still have to spend millions fighting it in court. Which is insane.
- Handytinge 5y agoI don't follow this discussion. My Tesla reads speed signs fine, and always has?
- Bedon292 5y agoWhat model do you have? The 3 definitely doesn't read speed limit signs. Or at least doesn't use the information if it does read them. It will drive right past a sign that says 25MPH and still say the limit is 35MPH. Or drive past a 45MPH and say its 35MPH. Things like that. And there is no way to even report it being wrong, that I have been able to find.