tidmutt
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Honestly, I find that kind of awesome.Yes, you can, using the type of video Tesla uses, find exactly the location of a single point of light.
First, it has parallax between the different cameras - three forward ones in this case - to determine the light's position in space. (This is how we use still images to know where stars are.)
Second, it detects edges in the image, so it knows how many pixels any light it sees takes up. Then it compares this to a previous image. This also tells it positional information, as things changing size are usually also moving towards or away from you.
Third, whenever it detects a light, it gives it a color value and then begins acting. Just like a human, before it even knows where it is.
But this is why it's got us right now, it's just a newbie driver, subject to all the foibles that vision has. Two heads are better than one. Eventually, it'll be taught all these things. Who knew you'd have to teach a car some basic astronomy? Well...
-Crissa
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