re5513 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 The lane keeping system used in the 2016 F150 uses a front facing camera located near the rear view mirror. The first thing I thought of asking is whether or not this front facing camera can be used as an integrated Dashcam. This would seem like a natural application extension, especially since the truck already has an SD memory reader. So far, there is no mention of this camera being used in this way (as a dashcam) that I can find. Yet, it would seem to be a great capability to make available since the HW is already there.Anybody know if this is possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BORG Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Pretty sure it's not using a standard camera sensor or optics so it's almost certainly impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy62 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 That is very likely a camera from Mobileye. It does not produce a viewable picture. It produces a digital data stream that indicates what it "saw" so that the car software can take appropriate action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 That is very likely a camera from Mobileye. It does not produce a viewable picture. It produces a digital data stream that indicates what it "saw" so that the car software can take appropriate action. So more like sonar or radar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy62 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 So more like sonar or radar? I don't know the specifics. There is a very powerful graphics processor in there. I don't know what is in there specifically but Mobileye reads speed limit signs and passes along the numeric value. For lane lines it probably passes vectors showing the location of the lines. My 2013 Fusion has it but as far as I can determine it only passes along the location of the lane lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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