Next BMW 7 Series Gets Night Vision System That Can Detect Humans
Posted by Admin on June 8, 2008
The next BMW 7-Series (code name F01) is going to be given some serious driving technology to compete with the likes of Mercedes Benz and Audi. While the image above doesn’t appear to have anything like the picture quality of Mercedes’ NightVision Assist, BMW’s offering will have some other features that you can brag about to your neighbor.
This 2nd gen night vision system will be able to detect humans in the road because it will use thermal imaging, kind of like Toyota’s Night vision. It will alert the driver of humans up to 100 meters ahead, and we’re told the system won’t be confused by humans on the sidewalk. If a collision is imminent, a flashing warning triangle will appear on the screen and the heads-up display.
European versions of the car won’t have to rely on navigation software to know the speed limit of a given road. A camera behind the rear-view mirror will actually be able to read street sings in any country that is signed to the Vienna Convention (that doesn’t include the U.S.) and can function in any weather, even fog. It won’t limit the speed of the car, but it will warn the driver if his or her speed is excessively high. The word on the street is this system might be called “Hal.”
Head on over to BMWblog for the full story.
Now it will be even easier to run people over at night!
Joking of course!!!
a Flashing Warning Triangle?… Thermal Night vision?? Soooo… it’ll be just like the Predator targeting system?
Sweet. We are slowing inching closer to life imitating video game.
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