The living and the inanimate

摘要

Autonomous vehicles of the future may well be equipped with thermal cameras to help distinguish between living and inanimate objects. Thermal imaging specialists such as Flir believe that the technology could be used to augment sensors more commonly found on driverless vehicles, such as Lidar, radar and regular cameras. While those sensors are vital for positioning and environmental awareness, they can be limited in identifying humans and animals, especially at distance.