Tesla's fully driverless car is about to hit the road and can also recognize signs

For Tesla CEO Musk, building a pure electric green car is not the ultimate goal of the company. They have a greater ambition - a completely driverless car. Now, the company is getting closer and closer to achieving this goal. In October of this year, Tesla announced that its current cars in production (including Model S, Model X) and the future Model 3 will be equipped with newly upgraded driverless hardware and software to achieve true driverless functions. Recently, the company demonstrated the working principle of Tesla's driverless car.

Tesla cars offer a "virtual driver instructions" feature that shows the relevance of the car to the lane. In addition, the car relies on a 17-inch central control screen to display a map of the car and the surrounding environment.

Tesla cars can "see" lane markings to prevent them from leaving their lanes. The black box behind the rearview mirror is Nvidia's computer system, which has 40 times the operating power of Tesla's first-generation Autopilot.

Tesla's self-driving cars can distinguish between obstacles and traffic signs based on associated information. For example, traffic signs that appear in the field of vision will be marked in purple by the system.

In addition, Tesla cars can also identify the type of obstacles based on the degree of danger of the obstacles. For example, the obstacles "pedestrians" on both sides of the lane will be marked in "blue" by the system, while the dangerous obstacles "cars" directly in front will be marked in green.

Of course, these obstacles are not limited to stationary obstacles. Moving obstacles on both sides of the road (such as pedestrians) will also be marked in green by the system.

Pay attention to this dynamic picture. When the car approaches a busy intersection, the system will quickly identify the surrounding dynamic obstacles, such as a bicycle that quickly inserts from the back. The system will quickly identify it on the display screen and display it in green.

This dynamic image shows us the change in the system's recognition of the degree of danger of a pedestrian crossing the road from one side of the lane. It is blue at first, and immediately turns green when the pedestrian passes in front of the car.

In addition, the system can also clearly see traffic lights, which is a major upgrade because the first-generation Autopilot could only be used on highways because it could not recognize traffic lights.
Musk said the upgraded version of Autopilot will appear in new cars in December, and it still needs to undergo software corrections and wait for regulatory approval. Musk said that by the end of next year, Tesla cars will be able to drive on their own from Los Angeles to New York.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.