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https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/01/toyota_picks_renesas_soc_to_power_its_first_selfdriving_cars/

Toyota picks Renesas SoC to power its first self-driving cars

"Toyota has selected the embedded systems maker Renesas to supply the ARM-powered systems-on-a-chip to power autonomous vehicles scheduled for commercial launch in the year 2020."


https://global.toyota/en/detail/10171645

Toyota Will Establish New Artificial IntelligenceResearch and Development Company

"Directed by Dr. Gill Pratt, Toyota's Executive Technical Advisor and the Chief Executive Officer of the new enterprise, TRI will hire leading researchers and engineers to support its wide range of activities."

Reference Dr. Gill Pratt's career Born in the U.S.A. in 1961. Obtained a Doctorate degree from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at MIT, and taught at MIT and Olin College as Associate Professor and Professor, respectively. Established three startups between 1983 and 2005, and helped found Olin College. As a DARPA Program Manager, led projects in Neuromorphic Systems and Robotics, including the DARPA Robotics Challenge, from 2010 to 2015. Significantly influenced robotics research by leading the DARPA Robotics Challenge, where humans and robots collaborated for disaster response.


https://www.technologyreview.com/20...-self-driving-cars-with-an-invisible-copilot/

Toyota Joins the Race for Self-Driving Cars with an Invisible Copilot

"Pratt also suggested that Toyota will take a different computational approach. During his speech, he noted that existing self-driving cars use computers that consume thousands of watts. To achieve greater power efficiency, Pratt said Toyota could use neuromorphic chips, an architecture that computes data in parallel rather than sequentially, as conventional computers do."

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Lots of Toyota Research Institute Inc patents specifically mentioning neuromorphic processors:

Systems and methods for automatic test generation
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200125472A1/

System and method of using a vehicle as a backup roadside unit (rsu)
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200388161A1/

Simulation-based technique to synthesize controllers that satisfy signal temporal logic specifications
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200379893A1

Personalized notification system for mobility as a service
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200363229A1

Adjusting an operating mode of a vehicle based on an expected resource level
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200353944A1/

Adaptive localized notifications
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10822000B1

Controlling driving condition components of an autonomous vehicle based on a current driving mode and current conditions
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10822000B1

Attention-based recurrent convolutional network for vehicle taillight recognition
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200234066A1

Actively adapting to driving environments based on human interactions
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200262444A1

Vehicles as traffic control devices
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200250989A1

Autonomous vehicle route planning
https://patents.google.com/patent/JP2020106525A

Infrastructure-free nlos obstacle detection for autonomous cars
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200143179A1

Selective arrival notification system
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200294175A1

Debugging an autonomous driving machine learning model

Sampling training data for in-cabin human detection from raw video
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10776642B2
 
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https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/01/toyota_picks_renesas_soc_to_power_its_first_selfdriving_cars/

Toyota picks Renesas SoC to power its first self-driving cars

"Toyota has selected the embedded systems maker Renesas to supply the ARM-powered systems-on-a-chip to power autonomous vehicles scheduled for commercial launch in the year 2020."


https://global.toyota/en/detail/10171645

Toyota Will Establish New Artificial IntelligenceResearch and Development Company

"Directed by Dr. Gill Pratt, Toyota's Executive Technical Advisor and the Chief Executive Officer of the new enterprise, TRI will hire leading researchers and engineers to support its wide range of activities."

Reference Dr. Gill Pratt's career Born in the U.S.A. in 1961. Obtained a Doctorate degree from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at MIT, and taught at MIT and Olin College as Associate Professor and Professor, respectively. Established three startups between 1983 and 2005, and helped found Olin College. As a DARPA Program Manager, led projects in Neuromorphic Systems and Robotics, including the DARPA Robotics Challenge, from 2010 to 2015. Significantly influenced robotics research by leading the DARPA Robotics Challenge, where humans and robots collaborated for disaster response.


https://www.technologyreview.com/20...-self-driving-cars-with-an-invisible-copilot/

Toyota Joins the Race for Self-Driving Cars with an Invisible Copilot

"Pratt also suggested that Toyota will take a different computational approach. During his speech, he noted that existing self-driving cars use computers that consume thousands of watts. To achieve greater power efficiency, Pratt said Toyota could use neuromorphic chips, an architecture that computes data in parallel rather than sequentially, as conventional computers do."

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Lots of Toyota Research Institute Inc patents specifically mentioning neuromorphic processors:

Systems and methods for automatic test generation
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200125472A1/

System and method of using a vehicle as a backup roadside unit (rsu)
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200388161A1/

Simulation-based technique to synthesize controllers that satisfy signal temporal logic specifications
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200379893A1

Personalized notification system for mobility as a service
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200363229A1

Adjusting an operating mode of a vehicle based on an expected resource level
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200353944A1/

Adaptive localized notifications
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10822000B1

Controlling driving condition components of an autonomous vehicle based on a current driving mode and current conditions
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10822000B1

Attention-based recurrent convolutional network for vehicle taillight recognition
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200234066A1

Actively adapting to driving environments based on human interactions
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200262444A1

Vehicles as traffic control devices
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200250989A1

Autonomous vehicle route planning
https://patents.google.com/patent/JP2020106525A

Infrastructure-free nlos obstacle detection for autonomous cars
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200143179A1

Selective arrival notification system
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200294175A1

Debugging an autonomous driving machine learning model

Sampling training data for in-cabin human detection from raw video
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10776642B2
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Love the new Toyota 3.0 ADAS, as I drive a Rav4 and want to upgrade. Safety is top of the list.

I also don't feel that Brainchip will win All the first generation of ADAS.

For what is not gotten in phase I, perhaps the power saving secret sauce will shine in phase II!

Very happy with the Brainchip risk. Life is good either way. I am still buying. Fun journey, lots of learning, great TSE, and let's see how it goes. I am trying to build a higher risk percentage in my portfolio. I have tons of old 401k funds, that I don't want to deal with taxes. My new money is stuff like SOXQ (semi-conductors), LRNZ (ai) and even more to BRN (BRCHF in the USA Florida)!

 
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