Sentences with phrase «lidar map»

«Unlike other driver assistance systems,» Cadillac says, «Super Cruise utilizes two advanced technology systems — a driver attention system and precision lidar map data — to ensure safe and confident vehicle operation.»

Super Cruise utilizes two advanced technology systems — a driver attention system and precision LiDAR map data.

This is the first use of a LIDAR map.

Super Cruise is the first assisted driving technology that will use LiDAR map data in addition to real - time cameras, sensors and GPS.

The 2018 Cadillac CT6 is going to be offered with Cadillac's new Super Cruise self - driving system that offers two features that Tesla does not — driver attention monitoring and precision LiDAR map data.

As good as the LiDAR data are, there is still on - the - ground work to be done after compiling a LiDAR map, said Timothy Beach, professor of geography and the environment, University of Texas at Austin.

The LiDAR mapping revealed over 60,000 previously unknown structures in total, from unknown pyramids, palace structures, terraced fields, roadways, defensive walls and towers, and houses.

Garrison appears in the documentary commenting on the LiDAR mapping and its results.

Lidar mapping and estimation achieve this.

To be clear: Super Cruise cars use lidar maps, but they don't have lidar scanners on - board.

There's also the MyCadillac App that lets you remote start you CT6 from virtually anywhere (where there's cell phone service) as well as the unique Cadillac Super Cruise hands - free driving system that uses precision LiDAR mapping data, a state - of - the - art driver attention system, and a network of cameras and radar sensors.

Not exact matches

Lidar uses lasers to measure distance and is commonly used in making high - resolution maps.

Like its predecessors, Pegasus ingests all of the data that self - driving cars generate from their camera, radar, and LiDAR sensors and quickly processes that data to create a map of the vehicle's surroundings.

Nor does it make use of Lidar - mapping, as does Cadillac's Super Cruise, a hands - free, highway only system that also, unlike Autopilot, monitors a driver's eyes and head to ensure that he or she is engaged.

Those include a $ 150 million co-investment with Baidu in Velodyne, makers of light detection and ranging systems (LiDAR), an undisclosed investment in 3D mapmakers Civil Maps, and a $ 1 billion bet on self - driving tech startup Argo AI.

But in this case, the system uses a combination of prior maps as well as the lidar, which sends out a signal and gathers data on the range and intensity of objects in its path and around it in order to determine where the vehicle is driving in real time.

... Nassau County got new flood maps in 2009, using lidar data and a new storm surge analysis.

In parking garages under its futuristic glass - and - steel complex in northern Beijing, cars crowned with LIDAR sensors troll around on test runs for collecting mapping data that will feed Baidu's autonomous driving lab.

The high - resolution maps cover 3,564 square kilometers of the McMurdo Dry Valleys and allow researchers to compare present - day conditions with lower - resolution LIDAR surveys conducted almost 13 years ago.

The lidar - based tools developed in the study have the potential to assist in these tasks, since the laser scans are obtained throughout entire forest areas, providing high - resolution maps of changes within small forest areas.

These maps were created using the lidar technology, allowing researchers to easily identify various structural properties of forests, evaluate different types of forest management regimes, and monitor compliance of forestry practices with legal restrictions to logging.

LiDAR is a method of mapping from the sky: An airplane - mounted device sends a constant pulse of laser light across a swath of terrain; precise measurements of how long it takes the emitted breams to bounce off surfaces are taken and translated into topographic data.

Iriarte's drone will be outfitted with LiDAR equipment to map the ground through the trees, which is very helpful for revealing large geoglyphs that may be hidden beneath the canopy.

Updated flood insurance maps, made with LiDAR, laser radar or new computer programs, are increasingly important with global warming

That is what makes the use of LiDAR, the light detection and ranging technology, so exciting, said Juan Carlos Fernandez - Diaz, laser operator and electronics engineer at the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping, based at the University of Houston, Texas.

But when prospecting for new finds, they're more likely to use tools such as hyperspectral imagery, which can find electromagnetic fingerprints of objects and land features invisible to the naked eye, or light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology, which maps subtle surface variations with extreme accuracy.

LiDAR uses lasers mounted on airplanes to pass through the vegetation and map the contours of the features below.

That's exactly what LiDAR allowed them to do: By sending pulses of laser light down from an airplane, the team soon had a map of the Jemez province, sans trees.

First used by NASA in the mid-1980s, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), aka airborne laser swath mapping (ALSM), is now commercially available.

Such spots don't typically show up on satellite images, but they can be mapped using aerial images and LiDAR, a remote sensing technology that uses reflected laser light.

This «sub-grid inundation model» incorporates high - resolution elevation data collected with LIDAR, a mapping technique that uses airborne lasers to map the ground surface to within a few inches of its actual height.

To get a better understanding of Angkor's urban landscape, Fletcher's colleague at Sydney, Damian Evans, turned to LiDAR, an instrument that a few years ago mapped hidden features of medieval Mayan ruins in Central America.

A key difference is that this chair will cross-reference the maps it makes of its surroundings using LiDAR and other sensors with 3 - D maps that Spletzer and his team create and load into its memory.

LiDAR enables mapping of topography at a scale that is relevant to the establishment of individual plants — in this case the shrub Dodonaea viscosa and its associated native plant species.

While we do not neglect traditional mapping techniques, we take pride in our use of technology, which includes satellite imagery, LiDAR, orthophotography, multi-beam SONAR, and unmanned aerial vehicles.

«This involves using boats and planes using sonar and LiDAR to map the 3 - dimensional bottom of the lake in tremendous detail, to about 0.5 - m resolution in the water.

The map was captured using LiDAR - equipped aircraft.

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Each of the 32 AGVs can move in all six axes and are aware of their location in the factory by using LIDAR sensors in each four corners, visually mapping its surroundings using robot eyes.

The system doesn't use onboard lidar but instead relies upon cameras and those highly accurate maps GM has pre-made.

Though it is based on a standard Ford Fusion Hybrid, the research car adds four infrared LIDAR sensors (the pods atop the car) that bounce invisible light off their surroundings to generate a three - dimensional computer map of everything within 200 feet of the car.

Inter-Vehicle Communication Autonomous cars use Differential GPS to know where on the globe they are, pulses of light through LIDAR to map nearby objects, and stereo cameras to «see» the road ahead.

APC uses sensor fusion — radars, sonar, cameras, possibly lidar — plus vehicle - to - vehicle position and speed reporting that maps what's where as you drive.

A LIDAR - based map joins with real - time sensors and cameras to improve vehicle control.

Cadillac Super Cruise uses driver attention system to gauge driver alertness, and LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) mapping to plot surroundings.

Super Cruise disengages if the lidar - car mapping of the highway segment made months ago is incomplete for this section — for instance, if the highway was reduced to one lane for road construction.

Cadillac partnered with Ushr (Geo Digital) to map US / Mexico roads with lidar, and provide precise data on road curvature, number of lanes, and entrance / exit lanes.

Delphi has outfitted the small SUV with radar, cameras, car - to - car communication technology, and lidar laser mapping sensors that will paint a 3 - D picture for the car — all technology that we have seen autonomous cars employ.

As for the «LiDAR - based mapping data», this scan of limited - access highways in the U.S. and Canada is paired with an improved GPS system, real - time cameras, and sensors to determine whether or not the system can come on, along with keeping the vehicle on the road.

Described as «the industry's first true hands - free driving technology for the highway,» (Tesla would argue otherwise) Super Cruise combines the driver assistance features currently on the CT6, along with a driver attention system and LiDAR - based mapping data.