On Tuesday Ford detailed its roadmap to building cars for the future, and that plan involves putting lots of cameras and sensors on new models. Notably, the company said it would be moving its work on autonomous cars from the research department to advanced engineering, begin wearable technology development, and introduce a new split view camera to help drivers see obstacles coming in from the side.
Ford said it plans to increase the number of augmented driving functions in its cars over the next five years. It also said it would begin work on making the sensors and computing power necessary to run a fully self-driving car feasible for production. The company already has models that use functions like parking assistance, rear cross-traffic alert, lane-keeping assistance, and blind spot monitoring. But Ford faces intense competition in the autonomous vehicle space: companies like Audi and Volvo have been experimenting with active driving assistance for a long time, and Google and Delphi have already logged hundreds of thousands of miles testing fully self-driving cars.
Ford also announced a new split-view camera set up that it claims will help drivers scan a wider field of view to reduce accidents. The split view will display a 180-degree-view of the area in front and behind a vehicle. “Split-view uses real-time video feeds from 1-megapixel wide-angle lens cameras in the grille and tailgate,” Ford wrote. “A tri-panel display in the 8-inch screen helps customers understand quickly whether an obstacle is coming from either side or straight on.”
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