According to foreign media reports, Israeli technology startup TriEye will cooperate with German automaker Porsche to further innovate its short-wave infrared (SWIR) sensing technology to further improve the performance of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and self-driving cars developed by TriEye. .
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The SWIR sensing technology developed by TriEye is used to improve visibility under adverse weather and night conditions. normal work.
The main problem with self-driving cars is that they rely solely on sensing systems that cannot clearly detect when driving in situations of limited visibility, even with the help of a combination of radar, lidar and standard cameras and recognize objects on the road. TriEye integrates SWIR sensing technology into the autonomous driving system to solve the above problems.
Porsche sees TriEye’s CMOS-based SWIR camera as an essential component of future autonomous vehicles and worth investing in the technology. As a result, Porsche invested $2 million in TriEye’s expanded Series A round, bringing its total raised to $22 million. Other investors in TriEye include Intel Capital, cybersecurity entrepreneur Marius Nacht, and existing investor Grove Ventures.
(Image source: TriEye)
TriEye was founded in 2016. In addition to Bakal, the founders also include Omer Kapach, vice president of research and development of the company, and Uriel Levy, CTO. Prior to this, Levy conducted research work for nearly 10 years at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he was also an associate professor. The company’s flagship product is the IP68-rated Raven camera. The company claims that this CMOS sensor is smaller (3 X 3 X 2.5 cm), higher resolution (1280 X 960), and cheaper (up to 1000 times cheaper) than conventional solutions.
TriEye offers a number of software and AI-driven remote nanophotonic sensing solutions, some developed in-house by a team of experts in device physics, process design, optoelectronics and deep learning. The company says its full-stack approach is well positioned to cover verticals beyond automotive, such as safety and optical inspection.
In part, TriEye competes with sensor suppliers such as Oregon-based Flir, which makes thermal vision cameras embedded with machine learning algorithms, and Boston ground-penetrating radar startup WaveSense.
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