Starting in Australia in July 2019, it spread swept into 2020, when smoke billowed, visibility in the human eye was extremely low, search and rescue efforts were difficult, and although Australia’s firefighting system was world-class, it could not withstand global warming and dramatic climate change. UAV for fire and disaster relief is not the first time, the country’s most famous large-area UAV sold at home and abroad, countries also mentioned the current use of large-scale UAV for disaster relief and rescue and other tasks. UAV, in short, the use of radio remote control equipment and their own program controls to operate unmanned aircraft, is also a major area of civilian is aerial photography, compared with manned aircraft, UAV are more suitable for dangerous missions, one of my most admired positions are firefighters, each mission may be the last, I hope they can go home safely every time.

Challenges:

In the event of a fire, most of the time the visibility of the human eye is very low, the thermal function is reduced, if the use of human search and rescue, not only reduce the efficiency, but also increase the risk of firefighters search and rescue personnel.

Main product:Titan M1 

Solution:

Titan M1 has a 480 line scan harness, for the current known commercial lidar, the product has the highest resolution, effective ranging up to 200 meters, and the product has increased video fusion function, in the scanning at the same time, not only can output traditional point clouds, but also output with real RGB data point clouds, improve search and rescue efficiency, reduce personal risk. The combination of UAV and lidar allows you to see the environment under the smoke. As shown in the figure:

Advantage:

(1) Cost-effective, compared to conventional mechanical Lidar, The solid-state Lidar life of More than 50,000 hours.

(2) Easy to install, support situ with Windows and Linux systems.

(3) The higher the resolution, the higher the leakage rate, the rate of misdetection is greatly reduced.

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How it works?

The LiDAR?device combines the sensor with a powerful micro-computer in a single package it can process the information directly at the ‘edge’ and highlight only potential threats, such as an intruder or a suspicious package. This then guarantees the anonymity of those not involved in any suspicious incident.?A sensor that uses an array of?lasers to detect objects, people and vehicles creating a LIDAR detection system could herald an era of anonymize surveillance that isolates threats from uninvolved people or objects. In addition to protecting the privacy of the detection target, Neuvition’s 700-line LiDAR?can also achieve high-resolution images of the detection object.

The future of LiDAR and security.

With the development of LiDAR technology, LiDAR vendors have captured huge market?to portray the world of smart cities with LiDAR sensors on robo-taxis, self-driving trucks, delivery drones, parking garages, mass transit, traffic lights and utility poles.?But is the tech ready for mainstream security use?

An authoritative survey recently predicted that?the global LiDAR market will soar from $1.1B in 2018 to $2.9B in 2025, an almost 18-percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR).?Another research also predicts a 23-percent CAGR in roughly the same time period, noting that “the important driver increasing growth in the global LiDAR technology market is the demand for stronger security and sensor accuracy….LiDAR plays a significant role in homeland defense and national security and for an increasing number of applications which depend on timely, accurate geospatial data to support the decision-making process.”

Neuvition’s high resolution solid-state LiDAR Titan M1 has the advantages of creating high-resolution 3D images that identify the size, direction and velocity of objects in the field of view. Compared with other LiDAR solution such as mechanical LiDAR, Titan M1 family MEMS base LiDAR have much higher resolution (480 lines), longer distance with up to 600?meters, and very competitive price. Better yet, it works in all lighting and atmospheric conditions. And it’s hard to hack or fool. That’s an attractive proposition.

This technology is undoubtedly an exciting prospect for security and transport – and we believe it is the key to the delivery of truly smart cities that can make our communities safer and more connected.

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In recent years, the rapid development of lidar technology from simple laser ranging technology, especially the high resolution and cost-effective LiDAR, such as Neuvition’s HD Titan family LiDAR, can see things in absolute darkness using IR laser source and a resolution close to 720p camera. This development makes the use of LiDAR in security and monitoring become reality.

First. Low light condition

LiDAR, because of the use of the actively laser pulses as light source, without the help of ambient light, so it can be used day and night without outside light requirements. This is especially useful in the low light area or the area need to be in darkness. At the same time, it is more resistant to environmental interference and can be used to reliably monitor in harsh outdoor environment.

Second, Convenient

Without relying on biological far-infrared sensing, the human body can also be detected, even if the intruder seamounts in infrared shielding clothing. It can also be used in an environment needed privacy protection such as bathroom or bedroom. It provides an accurate distinction between prohibited intrusion monitoring areas and open areas allowed for entry (reducing interference in the activities of persons in open areas). A single sensor protects large areas.

Third, Accurate

LiDAR uses a laser beam, which has much higher operating frequencies than microwaves  and has a very high resolution, It allows both moving and stationary objects to be detected. Multiple independent monitoring areas can be set up at the same time, and multiple independent outputs can be used for different monitoring purposes. When an intruder is detected, it provides accurate location, size and speed information, and combined with the video monitoring system to focus in real time.

Security LiDAR market prospects

In recent years, the transformation of manufacturing industry, intelligent robots, drones, unmanned aircraft and so on have become the focus of global investment, and is considered to be the future of technological advancement, same apply to the field of LiDAR security applications. For these smart technologies, LiDAR is the equivalent of an “eye” that, without LiDAR, can’t perceive its surroundings or react to changes in the environment. Therefore, under the rapid development of high-resolution LiDAR, such as Neuvition Titan family, it will further accelerate the deployment process.

Conclusion: LiDAR application in the field of security is still in early stage and has a promising future, but it hasn’t reach large-scale production yet. Due to the relatively high prices, the penetration rate is not very high yet. Neuvition Titan M1 and S1 family high resolution LiDAR is especially suitable for security application for its price to performance ratio. As the price come down further, the application of LiDAR in security should accelerate in the next few years and reach a large scale deployment in the next 10 years.

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Worldwide LiDAR sensor producers and semiconductor firms have been pushing LiDAR development and extending applications through collaboration with other technology partners. Apart from self-driving technology, LiDAR sensors could be widely utilized in various applications including intelligent transport system, drone, geographical measurement and more.

LEDinside has continued to track and collect information of LiDAR technology. As several major sensor developers and new startups have reported their progresses in the past year, LEDinside listed the updates of the industry in 2018 for readers to keep up with the latest news of LiDAR development.

Velodyne LiDAR reduces price and promotes road safety with autonomous vehicles
Velodyne LiDAR invented and patented the world’s first 3D real-time LiDAR sensor for autonomous vehicles. In January 2018, Velodyne LiDAR cut the price in half of its most popular LiDAR sensor, the VLP-16, aiming to make LiDAR products more accessible to speed up the development of self-driving technology for improving road safety.

(Image: Velodyn LiDAR)

By July,?Velodyne announced that it has adopted Renovo’s operation system?for its new sensor Velodyne VLS-128 to increase the reliability and safety for autonomous vehicles in complex driving conditions. The company also provided its LiDAR sensors to ThorDrive, an autonomous vehicle startup for commercial autonomous vehicle services.

Innoviz partners with Magna to supply LiDAR for BMW
Israel-based LiDAR developer Innoviz announced in 2017 that it would be ready to mass produce LiDAR products for L3-L5 autonomous driving by 2019. After the announcement, the company launched its autonomous driving LiDAR, InnovizPro, in January 2018.

(Image: Innoviz)

Innoviz then reported a partnership with Magna for providing solid-state LiDAR for the BMW group. Its product, InnovizeOne, will be deployed by BMW as part of its autonomous vehicles program beginning in 2021. Innoviz has also partnered with Tier 1 solution providers including Aptiv, Magna International, HiRain Technologies and Samsung HARMAN to increase its international presence.

Quanergy targets LiDAR applications in mapping and security systems
Quanergy System, a solid state LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solution developer, has cooperated with different partners for mapping and security applications of LiDAR. The company has received Series C funding which values over US$2 billion for further technology development and products production.

Quanery announced in July that it has worked with iinside, a U.S.-based software developer, to?upgrade airport security systems with LiDAR-based Analytics. The two companies integrate LiDAR technology and smart motion analytics for airports to collect accurate information for improving overall service and increasing operation efficiency.

Quanery’s S3 solid state LiDAR sensors were selected by VRCO, an e-VTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) craft developer for its new product. Meanwhile, LiDAR USA will use its M8 LiDAR sensors for UAV and mobile mapping systems.

Luminar works with Volvo to demonstrate LiDAR technology for autonomous driving
In June,?Volvo announced its investment in a LiDAR startup, Luminar with its foundation, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, which helps high potential technology to be materialized. Through the partnership, advanced LiDAR perception technology of long-range vision has been introduced with Volvo Car’s 360c at the AutoMobility show held in November in Los Angeles.

Osram supplies sensing components for LiDAR applications
Osram Opto Semiconductors has demonstrated how its high-power infrared pulse lasers could be used for the development of autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) at North American International Auto Show in January 2018. The company also released its?latest addition to its laser portfolio for LiDAR applications of autonomous vehicles?in November this year.

(Image: Osram)

LiDAR startups Developments: Aeva, AEye, Cepton, Neuvition, XenomatiX
AEye, a robotic vision pioneer, has demonstrated its solid state commercial LiDAR system with 360° vehicle coverage last year. The company announced that it has raised a Series B funding of US$ 40 million in November for its global expansion.

Established by former Apple engineer, Aeva is a LiDAR startup introducing 4D LiDAR technology which integrates LiDAR, radar, machine vision and motion sensor to simultaneously measure dense position and dense velocity. The new technology is said to avoid physical interference such as sunlight and lead to safer AI algorithms.

LiDAR startup Cepton has worked with NVIDIA and unveiled its Vista LiDAR sensor in April. It has also provided its LiDAR solution for the Japanese automotive lighting supplier Koito, to integrate LiDAR sensors into vehicle lighting systems.

Neuvition debuted its 480 lines HD video LiDAR, Titan M1 which features dynamically adjustable system and video fusion for autonomous driving and other applications like 3D imaging or surveillance.

Belgium LiDAR company XenomatiX offers solid-state LiDAR solutions which deliver high resolution and superior density point clouds, allowing the digitization and understanding of the road and vehicle surroundings in real-time and in all weather and light conditions. The company showcased its LiDAR solution at Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo in Michigan in October.

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US: Neuvition has announced the first version of its 480 lines HD video LiDAR, Titan M1. The semi-solid state LiDAR has a resolution of 480 vertical lines and 1280 pixels max for each line (resolution of 1280 x 480). It is one of the highest resolution LiDARs on the commercial market. It has up to 1.5 million points/sec data rate with multiple returns and distance up to 200 meters. The Titan M1 uses a 1550nm wavelength laser which is eye safe and works better in certain weather conditions compared to the 905nm laser.

“With max 480 lines high resolution and 200 meters distance, Neuvition Titan M1 will make autonomous driving safer compared to lower resolution LiDARs and other solutions,” Henry Li, CEO of Neuvition, said. “High-resolution LiDARs allow autonomous driving cars to see better from a longer distance. The device will make it much harder to miss small objects on the road, that will increase the safety level of self-driving cars,” Jian Lin, Chairman of Neuvition, said.

Another advantage of the Neuvition LiDAR is the dynamically adjustable system. It allows the LiDAR to be adjusted dynamically to use the different resolution, power, scan density, distribution pattern, etc. “With the self-driving car and other LiDAR applications getting smarter, these applications will want to control the LiDAR more easily and more dynamically. We design the LiDAR like a smartphone which can be easily controlled with software or APIs. This will make it much easier to adapt for different applications and environments,” said by Jian Lin, Chairman.

One important feature of the Neuvition LiDAR is the video fusion. The Titan M1 comes with a video camera on board. It can generate the colorless point cloud or the colored point cloud which is important for many applications. By combining distance data and color, we make it easy to generate the 3D color model with our LiDAR devices. Besides the autonomous driving, other applications such as 3D imaging or surveillance should benefit from the color point cloud and the point cloud fused video. “It will become one of the important sensors for AI,” Henry and Jian said.

The Titan M1 also has a patent pending for its two-piece design with the main control and a compact LiDAR head. This makes it easy to configure and install in different applications. With sample price very competitive to similar products on the market today, it will create excitement for a large number of LiDAR applications. With the high resolution and video fusion, the Titan M1 is most suitable for HD imaging applications including 3D outdoor and indoor mapping in addition to autonomous driving, machine vision, and surveillance, etc. Neuvition, Inc. will open the pre-order of Titan M1 samples in the coming weeks.

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According to a preliminary investigation by the highway police department, Mr. Huang, the Tesla driver, said his Model?3 was on autopilot and traveling at about 110 kilometers per hour at the time of the crash.

As soon as he saw the truck, Mr. Huang said, he braked.?But it was too late to stop now, and it hit the roof of the overturned lorry.

Aside from the accident itself, why is Tesla’s autopilot so prone to problems???let’s take a closer look at Tesla’s core technology.

Tesla currently uses?binocular cameras do depth of technical solution, and the millimeter wave radar.?In case of pure color of the object (white truck), binocular cameras and millimeter wave radar failure happened, which were unable to make real-time induction, this depth produced by the algorithm was?not true. And might fail to work in a specific scenario, which cannot provide adequate security for autonomous?driving.

To prevent the accident from happening again, the problem needs to be solved fundamentally.?In any environment, only accurate measurement can guarantee the safety of autopilot.?Currently rare technology could solve this problem in the market.

Neuvition Technology’s TITAN M1?1550nm solid state LiDAR?uses the TOF principle and true three-dimension perception to obtain each actual point cloud data through laser time detection, which is real and reliable. In automatic driving, it can penetrate through thick fog and fog to detect the distance up to 140 meters?effectively , making it an indispensable security equipment in autonomous?driving.

Automatic driving will be widely promoted in the future, and the safety problem should not be underestimated.?Neuvition?Technology solid state LiDAR?escorts?automatic driving.

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