TRANSPORTATION MARKET WATCH 2 Segment Snapshot: Applications, Trends & News V2X Periscope Extends Driver’s Field of View A H proof-of-concept project called Periscope is designed to extend a driver’s field of view using lidar sensors installed at intersections to warn of road hazards ahead before they are in view. This vehicle-to-everything (V2X) solution is being designed by three companies: Cepton, a Silicon Valley-based lidar solutions company; ALP.Lab GmbH, an Austrian-based provider of autonomous vehicle testing solutions; and TE Connectivity, which produces sensors and connectors. The companies created Periscope in response to the global issue of traffic accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists. The V2X solution communicates information about road conditions in real time, providing more time to react, preventing accidents and enhancing overall safety. For the proof-of-concept project, Cepton provided its Helius Smart Lidar System, which combines lidar sensors with edge computing and perception software to provide real-time, 3D object detection and tracking. TE Connectivity contributed its V2X hardware components in the vehicle used for testing and for the surrounding infrastructure, as well as provided technology for an onboard display of the vehicle’s location and road hazards. ALP.Lab supervised the system integration and testing, while also providing the testing area and infrastructure. Cepton, ALP.Lab and TE Connectivity are planning to collaborate on further testing this year to confirm Periscope’s initial findings. gremlin/E+/Getty Images TerraStar-X Test Beds Now in China exagon and Dayou have established TerraStar-X Enterprise test beds in Beijing, Shanghai, Anqing and Shenzhen for OEMs in the automotive and micro-mobility industries. Terra-Star-X Enterprise precise-point positioning corrections provide lane-level accuracy with fast convergence for autonomous vehicles and mass-market use. The availability of the test beds follows the initial announcement by Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division and Dayou of their partnership aiming to deliver GNSS correction services to the Chinese market. Users of autonomous platforms will now have a single correction service that works in China, North America and Europe. OEMs in China can now leverage the test beds with consumer and automotive-grade GNSS receivers to design advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and other products, such as mobile applications, safety-critical solutions and more. FEBRUARY 2023 HEXAGON PARTNERS WITH ZF GROUP Hexagon will integrate its software positioning engine and correction services with ZF Group’s ProConnect connectivity platform. This will enable vehicle communication in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving systems. The integration will provide the necessary functional safety, lane-level positioning accuracy and automotive safety integrity level (ASIL) rating that ZF’s automotive telematics platform requires. It also will include TerraStar-X precise point positioning correction service. | WWW.GPSWORLD.COM GPS WORLD 27
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