Computer vision, an engineering enabler

From fleets of autonomous ground vehicles in warehouses to partially or highly automated parking for passenger cars – as a development partner, we support you with perception systems across industries. Our specialists are able to select and assess all the parameters for you – for example, with camera, LIDAR, ultrasound, and radar simulations. We can also develop complex algorithms and artificial intelligence applications, for instance, for training or for optimizing semantic segmentation.

What we do at a glance:

• Camera, LIDAR, ultrasound, and radar simulations
• Online camera calibration and blind-spot detection
• AI-driven perception use cases
• SOFTIF-based algorithm testing

The development and evaluation of high-performance image processing algorithms often takes place on powerful platforms. But when the algorithm is ported to an embedded system that lacks the computing power required to run it, the hardware will not be able to cope with the software’s capacity and runtime demands. Opting for more powerful – and thus more expensive – hardware is an option, but not a realistic one when unit numbers run high. Let us join forces to analyze your use case, pinpoint optimization potential, and combine performance and resources to come up with the most economical solution for you.

We also develop embedded prototypes at an early stage with every aspect of series production in mind – specifically, compliance, unit costs, power consumption, and output. Our automated sensor data labeling capabilities and machine learning methods expedite this process.

What we do at a glance:

• Platform consulting
• Porting algorithms to and optimizing algorithms on your platform (embedded, mobile)
• Developing embedded prototypes 

The more complex the environments and situations, the greater the development, verification, and validation effort. Assuring functional safety is challenging – it takes powerful new methods to capture and fuse images from diverse sources such as radar, LIDAR, ultrasound, and cameras. Our environmental simulations create realistic conditions with virtual roads to validate sensor data. We draw on real data, but can also parameterize and simulate various types of sensors to this end. This enables us to validate the system early in the development process.

What we do at a glance:

• Verification and validation with environmental and sensor simulations
• Full coverage for a wider range of variants and tests