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PARIS, Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Valeo, the global leader in driving assistance systems (ADAS), today presented

its third generation scanning LiDAR, set to make its market debut in 2024.

This new technology, which offers significantly enhanced performance, makes

autonomous mobility a reality and provides previously unseen levels of road

safety.

Geoffrey Bouquot, Valeo's Senior Vice-President, R&D and Strategy said:

"Valeo's third generation LiDAR is a major technological advance toward the

autonomous vehicle. This upgrade strengthens Valeo's technological and

industrial leadership in the field, when it was already the only supplier on

the market currently series-producing an automotive-grade LiDAR scanner. Our

number one goal with this device remains the same – to save lives on the road."

Valeo's third generation LiDAR delivers unrivaled performance in terms of

range, resolution and frame rate.

It reconstructs a 3D real-time image of the vehicle's surroundings at a rate of

4.5 million pixels and 25 frames per second. Compared to the previous

generation, the resolution has been increased 12-fold, the range 3-fold and the

viewing angle 2.5-fold.

Thanks to its unique perception capabilities, this new LiDAR can see things

that humans, cameras and radars cannot. This means that driving can be

delegated to the vehicle in many situations (level 2 automation and above),

including on the highway at speeds of up to 130km/h. Even in such situations, a

vehicle fitted with the third-generation scanning LiDAR can manage emergency

situations autonomously.

Valeo's scanning LiDAR detects, recognizes and classifies all objects located

around the car. If the objects are moving, it measures their speed and

direction. The scanning LiDAR can adapt to all light conditions, whether it's

dazzlingly bright or pitch black. It even measures the density of raindrops to

calculate the right braking distance. It tracks nearby vehicles, even when they

are no longer in the driver's line of sight, and uses algorithms to anticipate

their trajectories and trigger the necessary safety maneuvers.

Thanks to these features, the scanning LiDAR protects people inside the car and

those around it – pedestrians, cyclists and other road users. Beyond the

vehicles it equips, this LiDAR will alert, via the Cloud, other vehicles of

road hazards so that the community benefits from its exceptional perception

capabilities.

Valeo designs and manufactures the entire system, including the hardware, the

software and the associated artificial intelligence, the "brain" that combines

collected data and enables the vehicle to instantly make the right decision.

Its software automatically adapts to the environment and improves its

performance over time through regular updates.

Valeo's LiDARs are produced in Germany at Valeo's Wemding plant in Bavaria,

where components are assembled with a micron level of precision. The plant's

production lines draw on Valeo's state-of-the-art expertise in optics,

mechanics and photonics (the branch of physics that focuses on the emission and

detection of light particles, or photons). 300 engineers at Valeo are dedicated

solely to this technology, for which over 500 patents have already been filed.

Valeo was the first, and to date remains the only, company to produce a

scanning LiDAR on an industrial scale. It has already produced over 150,000

units and 99% of cars equipped with a scanning LiDAR scanner worldwide are

equipped with a Valeo scanning LiDAR.

Up to 30% of premium new vehicles are set to reach level 3 automation by 2030,

and to do so will need to be equipped with LiDAR technology. As well as cars,

autonomous shuttles, robotaxis, delivery droids, autonomous trucks or the

agriculture, mining and infrastructure sectors will need to be equipped with

one or more LiDARs. The LiDAR market is expected to represent more than $50

billion by 2030.

Valeo's new third generation LiDAR will be a key contributor to this change in

scale.

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Source: Valeo