07-09-2006, 10:32
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Lexus Self-Parking Car
Thought this was interesting...
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/clips/lex...iew-196551.php
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Here's how it works.
1. You drive past a parking spot at 12mph or less. The four rear and six front sonar sensors detect the cars, and the gap between them.
2. Putting the car into reverse activates the wide-angle backup camera. There's a little button on the bottom of the screen that looks like a car parking. Hit it. If the spot is more than 6.5 feet longer than the car itself, the car enters Advanced Parking Guidance System mode. This is where the magic happens.
3. Crawl backwards, keeping your foot on the brake. If you touch the gas, or the wheel, the mode shuts itself off. Make sure to stay under 2.5mph, or it'll shut off, too. The wheel, as you can see from the video above, spins itself like its being ghost-driven. The sonar system is constantly measuring distance, beeping with more urgency as you get closer to obstacles.
4. When you're in the spot, the computer will announce that parking is complete.
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Although, I think the adaptive cruise control is also a neat gadget.
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The car has adaptive cruise control, which uses millimeter-wave radar to slow you if a car in front of you hits the brakes. If the system detects a collision, it'll add pressure to the brakes to help stop time, and electronically tighten seatbelts.
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Shame it's a bit out of my price range.
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07-09-2006, 10:37
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
The new S500 has that cruise control.
Don't see why anyone would need the auto parking, it's not difficult. If you can't control a car well enough to park it then you shouldn't be on the road.
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07-09-2006, 10:40
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
Heh, I didn't say that I couldn't park... but my missus sometimes reads this forum too, so I'm not naming and shaming anyone
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07-09-2006, 10:42
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
Ooo something more to go wrong
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07-09-2006, 10:42
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
Unfortunately I can't get excited about Lexus. Personally I think they should sue the BBC for allowing Alan Partridge to own one.
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07-09-2006, 11:15
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
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Originally Posted by Gareth
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Might not be as out of your price range as you think. If I remember correctly Lexus had nothing to do with the development of this technology, it was actually done by Citroen. And its supposed to be going on sale later this year on the c3, marketed as part of a disability package at first but available to anyone who wants it.
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Originally Posted by Chris T
Unfortunately I can't get excited about Lexus. Personally I think they should sue the BBC for allowing Alan Partridge to own one.
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Its amazing the amount of Lexi you see on the roads!
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07-09-2006, 11:18
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
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Originally Posted by Chris T
Unfortunately I can't get excited about Lexus. Personally I think they should sue the BBC for allowing Alan Partridge to own one.
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I thought he had a Rover, oh no thats right 'I am not driving a mini metro'
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07-09-2006, 11:53
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
Judjing by the number of people you see having difficulty parking their cars, I can see such a device being really popular.
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07-09-2006, 12:00
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
So if I'm reading this right, it only works if the space you're wanting to park in is more than two metres longer than the car itself? So, really, only any good in America, or if you're wanting to park on an empty playing field.
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Originally Posted by gazzae
The new S500 has that cruise control.
Don't see why anyone would need the auto parking, it's not difficult. If you can't control a car well enough to park it then you shouldn't be on the road.
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What he said.
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07-09-2006, 12:05
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
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Originally Posted by orangebird
So if I'm reading this right, it only works if the space you're wanting to park in is more than two metres longer than the car itself? So, really, only any good in America, or if you're wanting to park on an empty playing field.
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What he said.
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In the defense of the technology it can park in much tighter gaps then that, ive seen it done. I think the reason it is set so high is because if there is a failure in the technology and your car crashes into the one behind the manufacturer is liable for any insurance claims not the driver. If they set the tollerance higher and give the driver more reaction time (Like the have done) The driver becomes liable again.
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07-09-2006, 12:09
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
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In the defense of the technology it can park in much tighter gaps then that, ive seen it done. I think the reason it is set so high is because if there is a failure in the technology and your car crashes into the one behind the manufacturer is liable for any insurance claims not the driver. If they set the tollerance higher and give the driver more reaction time (Like the have done) The driver becomes liable again.
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Sorry (and I have not researched this at all), but I don't believe for a second that the manufacturer is liable under insurance terms if you crash into another car whilst using this gismo. Any case history?
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07-09-2006, 12:46
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
Its based on Microsoft software too.
Wonder if it will have unsigned driver problems?
Or an anoying popup saying "it looks like you are driving a car, would you like me to help you?"
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07-09-2006, 12:58
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
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Its based on Microsoft software too.
Wonder if it will have unsigned driver problems?
Or an anoying popup saying "it looks like you are driving a car, would you like me to help you?"
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Yes - and to re-boot, would you have to press the radio button, heater button, and windscreen wiper switch all at the same time?
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07-09-2006, 13:32
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
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Originally Posted by orangebird
Sorry (and I have not researched this at all), but I don't believe for a second that the manufacturer is liable under insurance terms if you crash into another car whilst using this gismo. Any case history?
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Its the same reason so many companies are unwilling to fund the self driving car development. Basicly you are not in control of the vehicle while this gadget is so you are not liable for any damages caused while it is active.
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07-09-2006, 15:45
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Re: Lexus Self-Parking Car
I would find it weird sat there while my car steered it's self
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