One Step Closer To Cars That Really Can Drive Themselves
from the internal-and-external-sensors dept
Last week we mentioned a Chinese car company that was running a demonstration of a car that could drive itself -- an idea that's been talked about for years. Most attempts to do this rely on a series of sensors in the vehicle itself. But, these days, there's really no reason to just limit it to on-board sensors. Nissan has been at work in Japan trying to build a system that takes data from road sensors installed to monitor traffic to relay specific information to drivers. That is, rather than just telling you there's traffic ahead, it can warn you that there's a car approaching behind a turn, or warn you that an approaching traffic light is turning yellow or red if you're not slowing down. Basically, rather than just relying on internal sensors, it's taking information from sensors all around the environment as well to provide more real-time information. It's not being designed for driverless cars yet (instead focused on giving additional information and warnings to drivers), but it wouldn't be surprising to see it be used in the future for driverless cars. Of course, one interesting point raised in the article is whether or not these types of systems provide too much information for drivers. If you knew every time there was a car approaching on the left at an intersection, it could become overwhelming. The trick is to balance what information the driver needs to know, with what information it's useful for the car's computers to know.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Do your own work
Seems your answer was right there in the link provided by the poster of this article. Maybe next time you should read what's actually there and see things with your eyes. You might find life to be much easier if you're not always asking others to do the simple things for you.
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Re: Do your own work
So he didn't click the dang link-- no reason to get all up in his digital face about it. Sheesh.
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Pot Kettle Black
Besides, he has a point. No matter how he states it. At least he didn't treat him completely like a child. OneClick should just learn that about 80% of web surfers have ADD and need help with even the most simple of tasks.
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Two words - WI FI
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This has all been done ...
I don't want something else controlling my Z06 when I take it out to stretch it's muscles - or even my daily driver for that matter. I *enjoy* driving (which is why I will never buy an automatic trans vehicle again).
Improve public transport in America so people who don't like to drive don't feel compelled to - don't clog up roadways with "intelligent" machinery.
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Warning!
*Alert! You are hitting pedestrians! Alert!*
*Alert! The Police are attempting to stop you! Alert*
On a serious note... Who's going to stop the people in charge of this technology from turning it into a 'black box' for cars? Who's going to stop them from tracking every single trip you've taken? Will this system automatically report you for running a red light?
These are the things I wish to know!
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Re: JJ vs. OneClick Smackdown
The sensors hanging from poles use IR to obtain their data. It says they bean this information to cars. It doesn't say they use IR to bean the information, nor do I believe that would work. The effective operational distance for IR just isn't long enough to prevent accidents, nor would it work in fog, snow, or around corners.
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Probably a more beneficial application would be...
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Available now if you drive a big rig
warn a driver if his rig starts to leave
the lane. It's some sort of visual system.
I'd guess it keys off the lane markings.
They also have anti-rollover systems that
operate the compression brake if the
vehicle is turning at too high a rate of
speed.
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