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  • DeepRoute debuts autonomous vehicle tech at CES 2020

    DeepRoute debuts autonomous vehicle tech at CES 2020

    Screenshot: DeepRoute
    Screenshot: DeepRoute

    Technology includes vehicle-grade computing platform solution, high-dynamic range camera and ADS synchronization controller

    DeepRoute, an international self-driving startup and CES 2020 Innovation Award Honoree, will be debuting three innovative technologies at CES 2020 including a vehicle-grade computing platform solution, DeepRoute-Tite, high-dynamic-range camera and ADS synchronization controller.

    CES 2020, the massive annual consumer electronics show, is taking place Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas. The company will be located at Booth no. 25647 at South Hall 2 LVCC throughout the show.

    “It is an honor to be joining international innovators at CES 2020,” said Shuang Gao, Chief Operating Officer of DeepRoute. “We’ve worked hard over the last year to perfect our technologies and reinforce the safety of autonomous vehicles. We are excited to unveil the fruits of our team’s hard work, creativity and talent to the world at the prestigious and highly anticipated global technology show.”

    DeepRoute-Tite, the company’s computing platform solution that migrates the algorithm required for L4 level autonomous driving to the vehicle-level computing platform, Nvidia Xavier, significantly reducing the cost, size and power consumption down to 45 watts. DeepRoute’s computing platform solution uses Nvidia’s vehicle-specific computing platform Xavier to process L4 level autonomous driving modules such as perception, prediction, decision-making, planning and control, along with navigation.

    Along with the debut of the computing platform, DeepRoute will be launching its first-generation vehicle camera, DeepRoute-Vision. The vehicle camera has a higher dynamic range than other products on the market, allowing optimal performance even under bright sunlight or from within a dark tunnel. Designed to handle LED bulb flicker, the camera can also accurately capture information displayed on LED screens. The vehicle camera will be on display and demonstrated by DeepRoute representatives at the show.

    DeepRoute also plans to unveil its second-generation ADS Synchronization Controller, DeepRoute-Syntric. The ADS controller can synchronize information from different types of sensors, enabling the perception algorithm to process sensor data aligned in the same standard. In the event that the sensors malfunction, the ADS controller can take control of the vehicle and perform emergency tasks such as braking.

    The company recently announced the availability of DeepRoute Sense, their driving sensing solution technology which will be on display at the show alongside their Level 4 full-stack self-driving technology using a demo vehicle with an independently designed roof box equipped with 8 vehicle cameras, 3 lidars, GNSS and a series of other sensors.

  • DeepRoute releases L4 autonomous driving sensing solution

    DeepRoute releases L4 autonomous driving sensing solution

    Autonomous vehicle startup announces availability of driving sensing solutions for purchase to OEMs

    DeepRoute has released for sale its autonomous vehicle sensing solution, DeepRoute-Sense. DeepRoute is a CES 2020 Innovation Award Honoree.

    Photo: DeepRoute
    Photo: DeepRoute

    DeepRoute-Sense is an L4-level self-driving full-stalk solution that aims to enable the autonomous vehicle industry to achieve quicker sensor deployment. It includes a sleek, lightweight set-top box and sensor-fusion calibration service.

    The roof box consists of GNSS, eight vehicle cameras, three lidars and a series of other sensors to help correspondence and data synchronization between the controllers.

    DeepRoute has independently designed the mechanical structure of the roof box, which has outstanding diversion, heat dissipation and sealing functions. The set-top box is lightweight, small and with high impact resistance. With four tripods, the roof box can be easily mounted to the roof of different vehicle models for sensor deployment.

    “The team at DeepRoute has worked hard on the development of DeepRoute-Sense and we are excited to finally share our technology with the industry,” said Shuang Gao, COO of DeepRoute. “By bringing this to the market, we are hoping to fuel progress within the industry and bring full vehicle autonomy to be one step closer to the masses.”

    The solution uses a DeepRoute-developed in-vehicle camera that features anti-glare, anti-ghosting and highly reliable signal detection. Compared with industrial cameras, the camera comes at a lower cost, but also offers a higher dynamic range.

    The roof box has been developed to accommodate different and extreme weather conditions, whether it be during intense sunlight or nighttime high-beam illumination, and can stably handle the exposure and avoid overexposure.

    The set-top box includes a sensor data-processing device, the ADS Synchronous Controller. It is pre-processed and fused with the massive data from GNSS, cameras, lidars and other sensors through high-precision time and space synchronization. The ADS Synchronous Controller also supports DNN and SLAM hardware acceleration, which greatly increases computational efficiency.