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... autonomous car crash https://www.ft.com/content/a856f5f8-4e43-11e8-a7a9-37318e776bab Does anyone have an FT subscription?
Coach passengers' fear over 'sleeping' driver on M62 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-43767268
Tesla Says Autopilot Was On Before Fatal Model X Crash, But That Driver Didn�t Abide Warnings Https://jalopnik.com/tesla-admits-autopilot-was-on-before-fatal-model-x-cras-1824224176
... on London Thameslink route "Govia Thameslink Railway promised that it would not spell the beginning of the end for drivers, who remain responsible for safety and can take control of the train at any time." I wonder how they're monitoring the driver to ensure they can take control at any time? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/26/first-self-driving-train-london-thameslink-rail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agMLu29R6CI - 46 seconds in ... "Hands on, eyes on technology" - Though - "Nissan describes ProPilot, previously seen on its new Leaf electric vehicle, as a 'hands on, eyes on' technology, meaning the driver remains in control and responsible for the vehicle." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wujqYCoqgHs ... - 1:04 - Driver rubs his eyes with the caption "Intelligent driver alertness" with the car recommending to "take a break". I-DA uses driver steering behavior to detect alertness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWaUMKQcvdI). Though if the car is steering, not sure how that would work. If there was a camera, i'd expect them to be shouting about it in the video (though 1:23 above the rear-view mirror?). I guess we'll have to wait for the 2020 model... Though here is where Nissan have been using driver facing cameras... "Drunk-driving Prevention Concept Car" - https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/TECHNOLOGY/OVERVIEW/dpcc.html. "A camera is mounted on the instrument cluster facing the driver to monitor the driver's face. The system is calibrated to monitor the driver's state of consciousness through the blinking of the eyes" No date on this page, but further investigation seems it's 10 years old
"the tech can take over to a certain extent in both stop start traffic and at motorway speeds, though the driver must keep hands on the wheel and eyes on the road." Http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/nissan/qashqai/103037/nissan-qashqai-gains-semi-autonomous-propilot-features-in-the-uk How are they going to ensure the driver keeps eyes on the road...
Nick DiFiore used to hold a Senior Engineering management role at Ford, before moving onto Xilinx. I think I read recently Ford is working with Xilinx? Just found this from 2015 re: Xilinx https://vehicle-electronics.biz/content/programmable-logic-load On the Ford F-150, the highest selling petrol vehicle in North America, it has several design wins as well as in Japan with Honda, Acura and Isuzu and in Europe with Audi and Volkswagen. It now has a 60 per cent share in automotive PLDs.