Seeing through fog

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Researchers out of the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab have developed a novel imaging system that can gauge the distance of objects shrouded by fog so thick that human vision can't penetrate it. This system could be a crucial step toward self-driving cars. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/depth-sensing-imaging-system-can-peer-through-fog-0321 )

Guy Satat, Matthew Tancik, Ramesh Raskar, Camera Culture group, MIT Media Lab
newtboysays...

Cool, but I recall Cadillac offering a similar system years ago that superimposed objects on the windshield. It certainly seemed better than human vision on the commercials, but I've never seen it in action.

oritteroposays...

The Cadillac system, offered between 2000 and 2004, used a passive infrared camera for night vision, which was displayed on the windscreen using a heads up display. Actually a whole list of expensive cars have had this option available since Cadillac and Raytheon introduced it.

I don't think it would necessarily work well in heavy fog, which is what this new research is targeting.

newtboysaid:

Cool, but I recall Cadillac offering a similar system years ago that superimposed objects on the windshield. It certainly seemed better than human vision on the commercials, but I've never seen it in action.

newtboysays...

Ahhh. I see. I knew something similar existed, but not it's details. Perhaps that's why Cadillac stopped offering it?

oritteroposaid:

The Cadillac system, offered between 2000 and 2004, used a passive infrared camera for night vision, which was displayed on the windscreen using a heads up display. Actually a whole list of expensive cars have had this option available since Cadillac and Raytheon introduced it.

I don't think it would necessarily work well in heavy fog, which is what this new research is targeting.

lucky760says...

How do current self-driving systems (e.g., Tesla) deal with this?

Pretty sure Uber takes a "meh, just run people over" approach given recent events.

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