PreAct Technologies announced its patent pending T30P flash LiDAR is the industry’s first sensor designed to be software-definable. The T30P also easily integrates into a complete autonomous driving system stack for automakers, trucking, and robotics applications. Vehicles with software-defined architectures require sensor technology that can support over-the-air updates throughout the life of the vehicle. This allows OEMs to generate ongoing revenue by offering powerful new features and functionality.
“We are excited to bring our software-definable flash LiDAR to market, furthering the advancement of autonomous mobility across multiple industries,” says Paul Drysch, CEO of PreAct Technologies, an Oregon-based developer of near-field flash LiDAR technology. “We’ve spent the last three years creating a solution that fulfills the need of software-defined vehicles, providing the most value for Tier 1s and OEMs over the long term by making any ADAS application relevant for the entire life of the vehicle.”
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As OEMs integrate high-performance computing into vehicles and plan for the future, PreAct will work with carmakers on future-proofing vehicles. The company will accomplish this by delivering more sophisticated ADAS and safety applications throughout the life of a vehicle. PreAct based its flash LiDAR architecture on modulated waveforms. This makes them optimizable for different applications via over-the-air updates, along with an application stack that resides on the edge. The flexibility of a software-defined LiDAR allows Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs to package one sensor for multiple use cases. This includes everything from true curb detection and gesture recognition to self-parking and automatic door actuation. Additionally, this technology can update to meet customers’ changing needs as more user and sensor data becomes available.
“Near field automotive sensors have either been low-precision and low-cost, or high-precision and high-cost,” says Ian Riches, vice president for the Global Automotive Practice at Strategy Analytics. “By bringing a high-precision, low-cost sensor to market, PreAct is enabling a huge range of safety and convenience features. The software-defined characteristics of the T30P will allow these features to improve during the lifetime of the vehicle, unlocking new revenue streams for automakers.”
T30P, with a frame rate of 200 fps and QVGA resolution, is also the fastest flash LiDAR on the market. This makes it well suited for ground and air robotics or industrial applications—systems that need fast, accurate, and high-resolution sensors that can reliably define and track objects in all environmental conditions.
PreAct’s T30P Flash LiDAR sensor suite will be available in July 2022.
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