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      06-15-2019, 08:04 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by claykin View Post
1. Many cars don't have 3D surround view.

2. Some consumers don't realize/notice the issue

3. Some don't care

4. Some don't have a personality style to complain

5. Some don't visit forums

6. Maybe BMW/ODM software team has made changes to the camera module software and made it's worse/better in some iStep versions. So, maybe not everyone is impacted same.

Nevertheless, it's 99% a software issue. The module is what it is. It's a Renesas DSP with the associated glue logic and the rest is software implementation.
I think you were providing good information until this post. There definitely is not a widespread issue with camera alignment it is only a few. While software is used to process the pictures and create the 3D image there is still a piece of hardware (the camera) that is involved. If that camera is bumped, jarred or moved by some other method then the process you described will not work since the "edges" have changed from the original setup. While the fix may be software running the recalibration process with new sensors, the problem was caused by hardware. Is that not the case or am I misunderstanding your original description?

Last edited by TurtleBoy; 06-15-2019 at 08:05 PM.. Reason: grammer
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