Automotive
Build Safer, Smarter Vehicles with Thermal Cameras to Meet AEB Standards
Teledyne FLIR OEM thermal camera modules are transforming vehicle autonomy and safety. We have equipped more than one million vehicles with thermal sensors for night vision systems that enhance driver perception in challenging lighting conditions. We provide proven, mature technology to help OEMs meet new Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) regulations for Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems. By detecting pedestrians, animals, and other obstacles beyond the reach of headlights and through glare and most fog, our thermal cameras play an invaluable role in preventing accidents and saving lives. Our commitment to innovation, automotive-quality systems, production scale, and road safety makes us the go-to partner for automotive manufacturers worldwide.
Benefits of Teledyne FLIR Thermal Cameras on ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles
SAFETY
Thermal cameras see through a wide variety of conditions including darkness, sunlight, headlight glare, shadows, and most fog 24 hours a day. They are especially good at detecting pedestrians, bicyclists, large animals, and other vulnerable road users.
SMARTER
Thermal imagery fills the performance gaps where existing vision sensors are challenged. They offer redundancy as well as complement existing visible sensors, radar, and LIDAR to improve detection and classification algorithms through multispectral sensor fusion.
SECURE
Teledyne FLIR OEM is the global leader in thermal camera quality and production. Providing the only US-manufactured, automotive-qualified thermal sensor that has been installed on nearly a million passenger vehicles.
Thermal-Fused Automatic Emergency Braking Test Report
Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB) testing performed by VSI Labs shows that their thermal-fused AEB test vehicle passed all FMVSS No. 127 tests conducted—day and night. Three leading 2024-model AEB systems also tested failed one or more of the night testing scenarios. Based on the test results and underlying perception system data, thermal cameras are essential for effective nighttime pedestrian detection. They provide advanced warning to extend braking distances, improved detection and false-positive performance, and more comfortable and safer deceleration.
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Products and Solutions
High Performance, Automotive-Qualified Thermal Camera
Access the world’s first Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) B thermal longwave infrared (LWIR) camera, developed in accordance with ISO 26262 processes. This cost-effective thermal camera offers high 640x512 resolution in a compact, fully enclosed IP6K9K package for ADAS and autonomous vehicles. Designed for AEB integration, it extends perception beyond vehicle headlights in complete darkness and through fog, smoke, sun, and headlight glare.
Start Testing with the Teledyne FLIR ADK™
Teledyne FLIR Automotive Development Kit (ADK) offers plug-and-play installation to start testing thermal cameras for ADAS and AV development projects. It includes a 640 x 512 resolution Boson® thermal camera in a heated all-weather IP67 housing and USB, GMSL, or FPD-Link interfaces. Interested in a thermal vision enhancement system for today’s vehicles, please see PathFindIR II.
FREE Thermal Dataset for Algorithm Training
Quickly evaluate the vehicle safety algorithm performance, neural network testing, and thermal sensors, such as the FLIR ADK™. It features more than 26,000 annotated thermal and RGB images captured at day and night. The dataset includes classification of fifteen groups: bike, car, motorcycle, bus, train, truck, traffic light, fire hydrant, street sign, dog, skateboard, stroller scooter, and other vehicle.
Integrate Thermal Cameras Faster with Prism AI
Prism AI software framework provides classification, object detection, and object tracking enabling perception engineers to quickly start integrating thermal cameras for ADAS and autonomous vehicle (AV) systems. Developers can use Prism AI as the primary perception software or as reference while taking advantage of camera calibration tools, along with visible-and-thermal fusion and advanced image processing capabilities that offer superior perception capability, especially for pedestrian and animal detection.
Accelerate AI Deployment with Conservator
Conservator™, an affordable, cloud-based dataset development software to help perception engineers accelerate AI development using thermal infrared and visible image datasets to train neural networks. Conservator includes dataset workflow tools for annotation, curation, quality assurance, and dataset version control to meet the demands of data scientists in automotive, defense, security, and smart cities applications.
Videos
See how adding Teledyne FLIR thermal sensors to autonomous vehicles and ADAS can make vehicles safer by improving perception and filling gaps created by other sensors.
Automatic Emergency Braking Fused with Thermal Can Save Lives
Existing AEB systems are powered by radar and visible cameras and none feature a thermal imaging camera. In our tests, we showed that Teledyne FLIR thermal cameras and the Research Vehicle consistently stopped safely in challenging conditions.
Thermal Cameras and Automatic Emergency Braking
Testing Automatic Emergency Braking with FLIR Thermal Cameras
Three test cases were conducted in both daylight and darkness, giving six datasets and 35 total test runs using an adult Euro NCAP Pedestrian Target (EPTa). Test results were promising. In all runs for all six test cases, the AEB system successfully brought the VUT to a stop before reaching the EPTa.
Creating Safer Roads of Tomorrow
Drive with clarity, even in the most challenging road conditions. Not one technology alone can create safer roads of tomorrow, but with the power of 3 sensor suites, achieve the impossible with thermal imaging.
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