Dewg
Active Member
I'll just toss my observations in here for fun:
The cameras can absolutely see quite a ways away. This is evident and observable easily by pinch zooming out at an intersection and watching the car track all the traffic all 4 ways.
The distance is also pretty accurate. This is also evident and observable in the visualization when you are stopped at a light, or behind another car. You can see how far back the car stops from the line, and how close other cars are around you on the screen. If the accuracy was off significantly, there would be discrepancies here. For example, you stop 10 feet from the line at an intersection, but visualization shows you are at the line. This does not happen.
As indicated by others above, most of the problems are in the planner, and not in the camera's ability to detect objects and distances.
I'll also add another anecdotal observation. When I'm in my local automated car wash, the exit is facing a busy street. While the car is covered in water, visualizations still show, accurately I might add, traffic moving both ways on the street. The only time it fails is when the windshield is completely covered by soap. BUT, even then, I've occasionally seen some cars show up, I'm guessing from the B-Pillars looking forward.
The cameras can absolutely see quite a ways away. This is evident and observable easily by pinch zooming out at an intersection and watching the car track all the traffic all 4 ways.
The distance is also pretty accurate. This is also evident and observable in the visualization when you are stopped at a light, or behind another car. You can see how far back the car stops from the line, and how close other cars are around you on the screen. If the accuracy was off significantly, there would be discrepancies here. For example, you stop 10 feet from the line at an intersection, but visualization shows you are at the line. This does not happen.
As indicated by others above, most of the problems are in the planner, and not in the camera's ability to detect objects and distances.
I'll also add another anecdotal observation. When I'm in my local automated car wash, the exit is facing a busy street. While the car is covered in water, visualizations still show, accurately I might add, traffic moving both ways on the street. The only time it fails is when the windshield is completely covered by soap. BUT, even then, I've occasionally seen some cars show up, I'm guessing from the B-Pillars looking forward.