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« on: October 16, 2007, 01:01:26 AM »


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Park your car with aerial view video
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2007, 05:12:07 PM »
Perhaps it's my inability to think with the 'correct' side of my brain (or more likely, the limited size of that brain!), but without some fairly high-powered graphics computers, I don't understand how the image will present an "aerial" view of the surroundings. A 'panorama' would be fairly simple/easy. When I started reading I kept waiting to hear about a multi-lensed "camera-on-a-stick" popping up from the car's roof to capture the "aerial" 'image!' smile.gif I could just imaging that thing getting stuck up there and hearing a 'strange' sound upon leaving one of those extremely low-ceiling parking garages! oops.gif
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2007, 10:30:18 PM »
I wondered about that, too. At first read of the headline I thought maybe they were using GPS technology.

But I found this which give a touch more info. Apparently they can judge the distance in the video image and convey that arithmetically to a grid wherein they place the car. (my interpretation)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/business/news/20071...0bu010000c.html
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2007, 07:29:47 AM »
Or, multiple cameras point down to tiny mirrors mounted on the perimeter of the bumpers.... dntknw.gif wink.gif
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