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Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A... by anindha on Thursday August 24, 2017 @07:09PM (#15094859)
Cameras don't have the same dynamic range of the human eye. A more fair test would be giving someone remote control of a Tesla with only access to the video footage.

I think cameras will hit parity with the human eye, but the question is will it happen before or after Lidar becomes more affordable and compact.

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Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A... by byw on Thursday August 24, 2017 @08:48PM (#15095302)
Couldn't you just have multiple cameras of different sensitivity? Cameras are pretty cheap.
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Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A... by Dylan16807 on Friday August 25, 2017 @03:07AM (#15096736)
The eye's dynamic range at any point in time is actually pretty bad. It's easy to beat the range of the retina with a camera sensor. The human eye can also adjust iris size and light sensitivity, and a camera can match it by adjusting iris size and exposure time. You're probably want a secondary camera for full night vision, but that's not very relevant for driving with headlights anyway.
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Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A... by dingo_bat on Thursday August 24, 2017 @09:22PM (#15095443)
The best cameras nowadays have more dynamic range than human eyes. Although I'm sure Tesla is not using this in its cars.
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