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Mobileye L4 Self-Driving Solution

By sensing-aiot April 24, 2021LIDAR

Uses 13 cameras, 9 LiDARs, and 6 Radars Intel-Mobileye announces that its latest Mobileye Drive Level 4 self-driving system is commercially available for a variety of autonomous-vehicle customers. The system features…

LiDAR Race: Who is the front runner?

By sensing-aiot March 29, 20214D Sensing, Autonomous Vehicle, LIDAR

EETimes reporter Junko Yoshida publishes an article “Lidar Sweepstakes Draws 15 RFQs, But No Frontrunner.” “More than a dozen RFQs for lidars are reportedly flying around. Evidently, lidars are beginning…

LiDAR Race: Elmos, Ommatidia, Intel, Valeo, Scantinel vs. Luminar …

By sensing-aiot March 19, 20214D Sensing, Autonomous Vehicle, LIDAR, Market Invest

Lidar race is getting even hotter. Many more players are showing up with various approaches. An overview of the market, technologies, IP, and companies and news updates from players are…

LiDAR Technologies and Companies Survey

By sensing-aiot March 17, 20214D Sensing, Autonomous Vehicle, General Sensing, LIDAR, Market Invest, Photonic, Semiconductor, IC, Time of Flight

This is an ongoing survey to summarize the Lidar Technologies and Companies. First, the summary view of technology. Second, the choice of popular LiDAR technology is shown below. Third, the…

Car: China Leapfrog in Autonomous Vehicle (AV)

By sensing-aiot March 16, 2021Autonomous Vehicle, LIDAR, Market Invest

CICC believes that 2020-2025 will be the key 5 years for China to leapfrog toward advanced autonomous driving. According to Roadmap 2.0, China is expected to achieve highly automated driving…

LiDAR: Patent War

By sensing-aiot March 16, 20214D Sensing, LIDAR

An IP analytics blog LexisNexis believes that Ouster has the best quality of its LiDAR patents:

3D Sensing: APD, SiPM, vs. SPAD

By sensing-aiot March 13, 20214D Sensing, Autonomous Vehicle, General Sensing, LIDAR

Hamamatsu publishes a Youtube video comparing APD, SiPM, and SPAD in LiDAR applications:

Apple LIDAR Demystified: SPAD, VCSEL, and Fusion…

By sensing-aiot February 28, 20214D Sensing, 5G/Mobile, AIoT, AR, General Sensing, Image Sensing, LIDAR, Time of Flight

Figure 1. Apple’s promotion of DTOF This article analyzes Apple’s LiDAR sensor and the technologies behind it. First, this article discusses the following: dToF principle, receiver (RX), illumination (TX), and…

LIDAR: EV/EBITDA Comparision

By sensing-aiot February 19, 20214D Sensing, Autonomous Vehicle, General Sensing, LIDAR, Time of Flight

BusinessWire: “The enterprise value (EV) to the earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) ratio varies by industry. However, the EV/EBITDA for the S&P 500 has typically averaged from…

LiDAR: FMCW vs. ToF

By sensing-aiot January 24, 20214D Sensing, Autonomous Vehicle, General Sensing, LIDAR, Time of Flight

This article compares Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) and Time of Flight (ToF) for LiDAR. In summary, FMCW is better in longer term but ToF is still better now. What…