Mobility and Automotive Sensor Technology Leaders Look to Collaborate with Japanese Companies to Create a Safer Future

AEye, Owl AI, and GPR to Provide Briefing at U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel’s Residence at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo

 AEye, Owl Autonomous Imaging (Owl AI), and GPR will present the latest solutions in automotive sensing and transportation technologies at a briefing for Japanese automotive industry executives hosted by Ambassador Rahm Emanuel at the United States Embassy in Tokyo. The event highlights the cutting-edge technology developed by these companies and the robust and strategic automotive trade relationship between the United States and Japan. The U.S. and Japan boast one of the largest trade relationships in the world, with bilateral investment and trade totaling $1.6 trillion annually.

The Mobility and Automotive Sensor Technology Leaders

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AEye, Owl AI, and GPR, trailblazers in the automotive mobility sensing technology industry, each create essential components of a sensor fusion system that includes lidar, cameras, and radar. These technologies provide the most robust and safest solution for autonomous mobility and transportation.

AEye is the creator of 4Sight™, an adaptive lidar platform for vehicle autonomy, ADAS and industrial applications. The platform gives OEMs a single future-proof, software-definable solution that facilitates the release of new industry-advancing applications across the scale of autonomy – one product for a diverse range of applications. Featuring a modular system design and software programmability that allow this functionality, AEye’s Tier 1 automotive partners can design, manufacture, and market a wide range of their own unique products based on AEye’s patented sensor design and software.

In addition to its work with leading Japanese Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and key Japanese suppliers, AEye also has a unique technology development relationship with automotive supplier Continental. Continental’s HRL131 long-range lidar sensor is built on AEye’s 4Sight Intelligent Sensing Platform, recently named “Lidar Development of the Year” by AutoSens and “Best Software Platform” by Tech.AD. The HRL131 is on track to be the first high-resolution, solid-state, long-range lidar sensor in the world to enter series production in the automotive market.

“In 2017, the first demonstration of the 4Sight platform outside of California was in Japan. Then, we initiated relationships with technology partners and customers that continue to thrive today,” said Blair LaCorte, CEO of AEye. “We look forward to building new relationships and expanding current partnerships with OEMs and technology companies in Japan that drive innovation and strive to advance a future of autonomous driving and smart infrastructure.”

Owl AI is focused on its ability to bring 3D thermal ranging technology onto roadways across the globe. The foundation of the company’s autonomous imaging technology is an adaptation of a thermal ranging solution developed under a challenge grant from the U.S. Air Force. The solution for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) requires redundancy and diversity, maximized across a 3D image map. Owl AI has developed a patented 3D Thermal Ranging Camera™, the world’s only solid-state camera delivering HD thermal video with high precision ranging for safe autonomous vehicle operation.

Owl AI has received high marks for its technology. Most recently, the company’s autonomous imaging solution was recognized by AutoSens as “Hardware Development of the Year,” an award given to the best sensor, processor, or other innovation that furthers autonomous vehicle development. Owl AI also received top honors at this year’s Detroit Auto Show, where mobility, early-stage and high-growth companies are judged on novelty of idea, impact of solution, and level of disruption.

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“National testing standards for automobile safety have been proven to save lives and help automobile manufacturers focus on the most critical issues. Pedestrian safety in chaotic and in nighttime scenarios are now becoming a focus, and recent testing by the U.S. based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has proven that most vehicles, when tested in these nighttime tests, fail to stop before impact,” said Chuck Gershman, CEO and founder of Owl AI. “At Owl AI, we have focused on a system solution using a combination of our thermal ranging camera and computer vision software to solve this problem. We enable complete night vision, which enables automobile OEMs to dramatically improve their automotive driver assist systems (ADAS) and save lives.”

GPR enables safe autonomous driving in a range of challenging conditions, including snow, rain, fog, or when lane markings are poor, by mapping and tracking to the road’s subsurface with Ground Positioning Radar™. Unlike the visual environment on the road, the subsurface is stable. The result is a product that pinpoints vehicles with centimeter-level accuracy in any condition. GPR is working with some of the largest OEMs in the world to make automated driving safer and more broadly used.

GPR’s Aegis system is the first in the world to offer centimeter level positioning in adverse weather or when lane markings are absent. GPR was named “Best Autonomous Driving Project” at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit and “Best in Show” by PlanetM, the state of Michigan’s mobility initiative.

“Japanese automakers and suppliers have been at the forefront of safety and reliability for a long time, and we’re excited that Ground Positioning Radar™ will be a part of that by delivering a positioning system that works in even the toughest on- and off-road conditions,” said Tarik Bolat, CEO and co-founder of GPR.

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