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Tesla Elon Musk Says Update 8.1 Coming in 10 Days or So
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3s-a-charm
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My old BMW had this feature with no front camera. The software did a nice job of extrapolating data and made it look like there was a front cam. You would think they could do this now with all the cameras they have. I admit after years of having it in BMW I rarely used it preferring the standard backup camera view plus reverse sensors. I only turned it on to show other people what it looked like.
Right..... I've seen 'three', and 'three additional'. What additional? The two front and the rear? That makes no sense.
Is this actually documented anyway or as was said is it from the recalibration needed? The system could have needed recal in any case for the new features/limits, we don't know.
Based on the email some folks got when AP2 was announced (which contained slightly different text from the blog post on the subject,) the long term plan for eAP was to use four cameras - the standard front that more or less matches the AP1 camera, the long range/narrow field front, and the left/rear and right/rear cameras (presumably for longer ranged and more confident blind spot monitoring.)
FSDC would then add the front wide angle, the rear wide angle, and the left/front and right/front cameras, which allow low speed maneuvering and checking of other sides of an intersection.
As MP3Mike was pointing out, the AP2 package front looking cameras are located in the middle of the windshield. That means the hood will block anything very close in front.
I'm not sure how close in the for side cameras can see, either - all the them are intended for relatively distant things.
Tesla could probably give you a realistic scaling top down vote with some effort - but there'd be a blank zone in front of the car and might have blank zones to the sides, especially in the front - unless they get really fancy and try to remember what was there.
With the processing power these cars have, that might actually work - do the 3d transform and identify objects in the frame that are recognizable, then record the images and find them again as the car moves or maybe use GPS/inertial reckoning if the image scaling is accurate enough.
It's a whole lot of processor time to close the dead zone and depends on the environment being static, but it could be doable.
If updates can do all this wonderful stuff.. I hope they come out with an update that softens up the suspension a little bit. That would be awesome. E.g. sport vs comfort mode (not only for steering wheel)
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ToddS
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I wish they would use all 8 cameras for both EAP, FSDC and safety features. Imagine the accidents that could be avoided if EAP and the automatic safety features always used all cameras. They could still differentiate EAP from FSDC by other means, such as allowing FSDC to handle stoplights and traffic signs but EAP would still require driver interaction if used at intersections.
Are you sure it didn't have a front camera? My old 328 had two cams on the front pointing left and right so you could see traffic as you pulled out of a street/alleyway. It used those to help build the 360 view.
I'm sure that once they have suitable code for safety features that use more cameras, they'll roll it out to everyone.
Off the top of my head, though, the only thing I'm coming up with immediately is an anti-T bone mode - detect and identify cars closing at high rates in the forward/left and forward/right camera and arrange to be where they aren't.
The thing is, the fisheye cameras are only useful for parking and low speeds - once you get beyond a dozen feet, the objects are too small to detect reliably or draw conclusions from.
The left and right front cameras are only helpful when you're dealing with things moving in a different direction - cross traffic and intersections.
Vindicated!Elon has quite the sense of humour. I bet he dictated that 8.1 had to come out before April 1st, because he wanted an April Fools Easter Egg included in it. Probably added some dancing little green men super-imposed on the rear camera feed (or something like that).
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beths11
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Oh, you just wait...T-minus 36 hours...
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Have I built up the anticipation yet?
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Remember, you read it here first!
Have I built up the anticipation yet?
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RR Runabout
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WOW HUGE improvement in autosteer... Received upgrade last night and drove it this morning on the HW at 75MPH and the "drunken driving" is mostly gone... My camera's did not need to calibrate before working.. .
Easter Egg ;-) fun.... I just don't know where it published too - lol
Easter Egg ;-) fun.... I just don't know where it published too - lol
K-MTG
Sunshade Captain of TMC
Me too. And my head rest really needs to be an inch or two higher than they set it, so I would really like to have this update...
Uncle Paul
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The headrest already goes up and down, depending on how near or far the seat is positioned
This is true. However, Tesla apparently didn't model it with my precise combination of long torso and short legs in mind. Either that, or they decided someone like me would choose to sit differently than I have.
3s-a-charm
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Yes, it had the two cameras on the front bumper but they faced outward like you mention. I think the original quote was speaking about some of the cars that have a true front bumper camera (facing forward) to complete the 360' view. Somehow the picture looked pretty good considering there was no front camera. Their new models do have one I believe.
Pretty sure this system is using a front camera. That image goes to an X5 description from 2015. Here's the X5M bersion in 2014:
BMW X5 M : Surround View
In the image you provided, you can see clear clues of it, too - the front of the car is subtly boxed off with flat gray corners on the front left/right - places the single front fisheye can't see, but a reconstruction from left/right cameras would see better than straight ahead.
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