I thought it be fitting that Valeo get a mention, although where tracking with the banks (ff) imo when we get a material ann we will run hard. Explosive sales are inevitable, BRN Ubiquitous.
In terms of safety, two applications are being rapidly implemented by vehicle makers due to recent and up-coming regulations, specifically driver monitoring and occupant monitoring. These applications can rely on 2D cameras, which have been widely adopted. But emerging technologies using 3D cameras are emerging. We expect vehicle makers will use radar sensor capabilities to extend use cases beyond child presence detection.
Four years after Valeo’s first-generation LiDAR was implemented in a commercialized car, the French company announced last December that its second-generation LiDAR will equip the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class, reaching level 3 of autonomous driving. Although still too exotic for mass-produced car manufacturing, this type of high-resolution sensors could, with the clever integration of cameras and radars, help to reach higher qualification levels for self-driving cars.
Valeo has already revealed its current development work on a third-generation product advertised with a resolution nearly 50 times that of the second-generation device. Yole SystemPlus remains alert on the subject to continue its investigation on the evolution of Valeo’s automotive-grade LiDAR. Meanwhile, the team is currently working on Denso’s LiDAR using a similar approach than Valeo and will unveil the complete profile of this new 3D scanner within the next few weeks.
Wilfried Theron
Director of Electronic Systems Department and Quality Manager, Yole SystemPlus (part of Yole Group)
Edge Compute.