Sense Photonics Launches Osprey, a Novel 3D Flash Lidar System for Automotive Applications

Analysis:
Sense Photonics’ proprietary laser and sensing solution provides advantages over both standard LiDAR solutions and other 3D Flash LiDAR providers. The company’s laser array and 3D receiver provides for an ultra-wide field of view, and the images themselves do not suffer from motion distortion. It is also possible to combine Osprey with 2D cameras to create a 2D textural image overlaid with 3D depth imagery.

Sense Photonics also produces its own advanced laser emitters that overcome earlier drawbacks to fl ash lidar sensors – namely, high cost, along with limited range and resolution. These attributes map to Sense Photonics’ primary value proposition – namely, high-performance delivery of quality data at low cost – which is especially well suited to automotive safety systems such as collision avoidance and lane-departure warning systems, as well as with autonomous driving in general. - Dan Kara