Sunday, December 15, 2019

Light Co. Changes its Focus to Automotive 3D

Light Co. appears to change its main technology focus to automotive 3D perception. The L16 camera and Nokia 9 smartphone info has been moved to the "Case Studies" tab on Light web site.

"A missing piece in long-range depth perception

For automobiles to safely navigate the real world, they need to be able to perceive as humans do: a full picture with accurate depth throughout ranges. Lidar provides accurate information, but only up to a point, and with limited resolution. Radar detects when an object is in the far distance but it isn't sophisticated enough to discern whether its a truck or a barn. The range that radar is truly capable of is also often far less than claimed.

The Opportunity

The hole that exists in long-range, accurate sensing for ADAS/ADS is where Light comes in. We are developing an incredibly resilient perception technology that provides precise object detection, definition, and tracking through extended ranges. All in real-time."

3 comments:

  1. Wow. 200m case study. Sad for their investors. The depth map they show here is So So full of errors. It’s amazing they still show it

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  2. Bad for those talent engineers who contributed to L16 and Nokia projects since most of them got cut off since July.

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  3. Light took 2,000 dollars from every customer it sold an L16 camera to and doesn't have the decency to use further huge endowments of money to staff a small support team. Nobody ever told any of us it was happening and no message ever comes from the company when support is asked for. I just spent an hour trying to track down anyone official to almost no avail. Hope their tech crashes and burns.

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