After a short break, news about the future autonomous electric car from Applu. According to the latest reports, the upcoming self-driving Apple car should be equipped with super-powerful lights with excellent ability to work in the dark. This is evidenced by a patent that the company recently registered Apple.
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The patent describes a night vision system that combines conventional lights, near infrared (NIR) sensors, and long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensors. This system would enable an autonomous electric vehicle from Applu could see a significantly longer distance than competing cars equipped with traditional lighting systems, and thus could also "see" up to three times the distance compared to a "human" driver. Apple in the description of the mentioned patent, he states, among other things, that autonomous cars have to deal with the same limitations in the dark as the drivers themselves, because in the vast majority of cases they are equipped with standard lights with an afterglow of approximately sixty meters.
Driving in the dark or in fog can be a real challenge for vehicles of this type. However, the level of lighting is limited by regulations and laws, and these restrictions can not only reduce the ability to navigate in poor lighting conditions, but also limit driving options and reduce driver safety. The aforementioned restrictions are AppHowever, these only apply to the performance of the car's lights and do not prevent the use of infrared light. Infrared sensors could Apple Car serve for better orientation in space and terrain, and provide the control system with more detailed information about surrounding objects.
