Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck
by s_m_t on Monday May 07, 2018 @03:00PM
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I think body language might be more important, and seems to me should be harder to detect. Eye's are pretty easy to detect because of the contrast between the whites and iris, and, of course they reflect light.
Detecting the difference between a hustle, a saunter, and a day dream might be a tad more difficult.
Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck
by jschwartzi on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:29PM
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Gaze is actually more important when you're trying to figure out whether someone sees you. If I don't see your eyes, I would assume that you don't see me at all.
Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck
by eric_h on Monday May 07, 2018 @10:59PM
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> If I don't see your eyes
I think you really mean if you don't make eye contact.
Eye contact is a two-person activity. How does an autonomous car make eye contact with a person?
Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck
by c22 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:36AM
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Something like this could be developed. For instance, the car could have an array of lights on its grill (think Knight Rider) that track in the direction of detected obstacles, if you don't see a light facing towards you then you know you are not detected and to use caution. Alternately a light on the front of the car could turn from yellow to blue to indicate its intent to yield.
Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck
by icebraining on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @07:17AM
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A small screen (or more) might be a better option. It seems Mercedes made a concept version of the Smart with one, and the cars launched by Drive.ai already have them.
I sometimes do the "walk up to the lane and wait" thing, but I always look up and make eye contact with the driver to communicate that I know they exist and I'm not walking out in front of them. And when I'm driving and someone is walking up to my lane, the presence of their gaze is what I use to decide whether to continue (cautiously) or slow down and be ready to stop.
I know that CV as a field has pretty advanced gaze/attention detection (e.g. see faceid), but I wonder if it's actually a part of self-driving car tech yet.