Sun glare and AutoPilot

[enemji]

I have heard quite a few horror stories about AP not activating when the sun is directly facing the camera. I never had the opportunity to use autopilot in such a situation until yesterday, and I had no issues. Hmmmm. How in the world is that camera even seeing when I cannot see anything in that glare???

 

[Dewg]

I have heard quite a few horror stories about AP not activating when the sun is directly facing the camera. I never had the opportunity to use autopilot in such a situation until yesterday, and I had no issues. Hmmmm. How in the world is that camera even seeing when I cannot see anything in that glare???

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I have the same experience. Traveling west into the afternoon sun, I sometimes lose track of the lane lines in the glare, but the car doesn't, and keeps me centered.

 

[diverbelow72]

For me when I use auto pilot to head to work about 10 AM and depending on the Tesla release, auto pilot works great or I get something like "auto pilot does not work if the camera is blocked or blinded"

For that happens, I wish standard cruise control will work

 

[Silicon Desert]

Hmmmm. How in the world is that camera even seeing when I cannot see anything in that glare???

LUTs & filtering (and seeing color temperatures you can't)

 

[Mullermn]

Sorry, this is impossible, you must be mistaken.

TMC’s foremost perma-wingers experts have confirmed that Autopilot doesn’t work in sun. Or rain, for that matter. It’s also not keen on snow, or the dark.

 

[JohnB007]

During my 10 months of FSD ownership, I've yet to get disengaged due to sun or rain. I do get degraded quite a bit, but lane centering always worked great and I always wondered how it pulled it off...

 

[enemji]

Sorry, this is impossible, you must be mistaken.

TMC’s foremost perma-wingers experts have confirmed that Autopilot doesn’t work in sun. Or rain, for that matter. It’s also not keen on snow, or the dark.

Ouch. That was the moon. My bad.

 

[Supcom]

I often drive into the sun in the evening and find that FSDb tends to slow down and the speed will oscillate up and down a bit. Once in a while, I'll also get the Red Hands of Death.

 

[loquitur]

During my 10 months of FSD ownership, I've yet to get disengaged due to sun or rain. I do get degraded quite a bit, but lane centering always worked great and I always wondered how it pulled it off...

Maybe it extrapolates how to lane center by looking at lane markings via the *rear* camera
where it wouldn't be blinded.

 

[JohnB007]

Maybe it extrapolates how to lane center by looking at lane markings via the *rear* camera
where it wouldn't be blinded.

I have no idea... lol.

All I know is that there are many non-Tesla owners who challenge me saying I'm wrong. Tesla cannot drive into the sun... Hmm... ok.

 

[Dewg]

There are 3 cameras in the front array, and the 2 B-Pillar cameras are also facing toward the front of the car, and can extrapolate lane lines. There is a YT video of a guy who covered each camera to see the effects on the system. It was impressive how much the car can see with the various cameras, even if one or two cameras are covered.

 

[sleepydoc]

I have heard quite a few horror stories about AP not activating when the sun is directly facing the camera. I never had the opportunity to use autopilot in such a situation until yesterday, and I had no issues. Hmmmm. How in the world is that camera even seeing when I cannot see anything in that glare???

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I've always been impressed with FSD/AP's ability to handle glare. Seems to do it much better than I can!

 

[Rice&Curry]

I ahve had one situation during very heavy rain and poor visibility, Auto Pilot declined to engage citing "poor visibility ".