Comments on: Knight Rider: Copying A Key From Really Far Away

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:30:35 +0000

How do you know which key blank to use? It’s gotta be much more difficult to figure that out, than to figure out the profile of the key.

Overall though, if an opponent can bring these kind of resources to bear, you have bigger problems than letting them see your key. They are going to gain entry and this is probably the hardest way to do it!

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By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:14:03 +0000

Impressive! Although, as you say, he’s obviously been watching far too much TV.

Would be interested in seeing the algorithm applied to Yale keys without the holes in the handle part. If I’m understanding his algorithm correctly, they’re an integral part of the viewing angle correction. Although harder, it must be possible to perform the same task without them…?

By: yippadee

yippadee — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:12:50 +0000

For more information you can visit the project website at:

http://vision.ucsd.edu/~blaxton/sneakey.html