Advanced Automotive LiDAR

Advanced automotive LiDAR sensors use light detection and ranging to create high-resolution 3D maps of the vehicle's surroundings, providing precise distance and depth information essential for Level 3 and Level 4 autonomous driving. Single-chip CMOS SPAD (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode) LiDAR sensors represent a major advancement, using solid-state designs that are 10× smaller and 100× cheaper than traditional mechanical rotating LiDAR systems. These compact sensors can be integrated into vehicle designs more easily while providing the high-resolution point clouds needed for safe autonomous operation.

C-LiDAR fusion technology precisely maps LiDAR distance and depth data to camera pixels, creating aligned sensor data that combines the precise ranging of LiDAR with the rich visual information from cameras. This fusion enables more accurate object detection, classification, and tracking by leveraging the strengths of both sensor types. The perception software processes this fused data to identify and track vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, and other objects, predict their movements, and plan safe driving paths. The combination of compact, affordable solid-state LiDAR with advanced fusion algorithms makes high-performance perception systems practical for mass-market autonomous vehicles.