Automatic Soap Dispenser Shows Racial Preference (Black hand, nothink; Larry go)

[ximmy]

While attending Dragon Con 2015 at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia, Teej came across an automatic soap dispenser that may have a particular preference when it comes to race. Teej, who has a dark complexion, tries the motion sensor without success. His friend, who has a light complexion, attempts and immediately activates the dispenser. The two friends are obviously amused by this possibly racist appliance. Credit: YouTube/Teej Meister
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHGWYTShzWA

[midnight rambler]

Perhaps the black guy should have held his hand as close to the dispenser as the white guy. It's just an infra-red motion sensor.

[Dogman]

Perhaps the black guy should have held his hand as close to the dispenser as the white guy. It's just an infra-red motion sensor. Yep, pure detection range and the spectrum and detectable spectrum of reflected light. There has to be filters that limit what will trigger something like that. If not the dam thing would turn on if the lights were turned off if its detection window was biased to darker colors.

Cameras can show this effect in old pictures, lighter people , no problems, dark people, big problems in showing any details other than a dark silhouette !

Using normal exposure settings for everything else.

[BrewTech]

Even the soap dispensers are getting tired of giving free handouts...