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Freespace
The Vehicle Navigation Challenge – Safe Path Identification in Complex Environments
Traditional Obstacle Detection Systems Fall Short
Modern vehicles need to navigate increasingly complex environments, but conventional obstacle detection approaches fail to provide the comprehensive understanding of navigable space required for safe operation.
The Cost: Safety Risks, Limited Autonomy, and Operational Constraints
These freespace detection limitations translate into significant impacts:
Safety Incidents
Failure to identify safe paths leads to preventable collisions with obstacles or driving into unsafe areas.
Autonomy Constraints
Limited freespace understanding restricts the operational design domain of autonomous and ADAS-equipped vehicles.
Development Inefficiency
Significant engineering resources spent addressing freespace limitations rather than advancing vehicle capabilities.
Regulatory Challenges
Difficulty meeting safety standards for advanced driver assistance and autonomous systems.
To overcome these challenges, vehicle manufacturers and suppliers require advanced freespace detection solutions that can:
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Identify all safely navigable areas in the vehicle's environment with high confidence.
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Maintain performance across all weather, lighting, and environmental conditions.
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Process information in real-time to support high-speed driving scenarios.
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Handle structured and unstructured environments from highways to off-road conditions.
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Represent uncertainty to enable robust decision-making.
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Integrate seamlessly with existing vehicle systems and sensor suites.
our AI solution
Transforming Vehicle Navigation with AI-Powered Freespace Detection
VISIONAIRY® Freespace Detection provides vehicles with unprecedented environmental understanding through advanced AI perception technology.
Our system enables vehicles to precisely identify all safely navigable areas in real-time, creating the foundation for confident path planning in both structured and unstructured environments.
At the heart of VISIONAIRY® Freespace Detection is our cutting-edge neural architecture:
Goes beyond binary obstacle detection to create a rich understanding of the environment's navigability.
Works with RGB cameras, thermal imaging, radar, and LiDAR to ensure reliable detection across all conditions.
Explicitly models uncertainty to enable robust decision-making in ambiguous situations.
Leverages frame-to-frame information to improve stability and handle temporary occlusions.
Designed specifically for automotive-grade compute platforms, delivering high performance within strict power constraints.
System design allows for regular updates to improve capabilities without hardware changes.
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