Rolling into 2025
December 23, 2024
On the Digital Horizon
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is always our favorite annual geek-out event. It’s one grand space for throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks.
This year’s show brought a number of innovations that might get some traction in the market. Two highlights for the transportation industry:
Autonomous Vehicle Sensors
Take note of some impressive terminology that’s now in circulation. “Configurable field of view.” “Detection range.” “Semantic segmentation.” That’s a description from the startup Aevis of their new product, the Aevis Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR, a sensor designed to provide advanced detection capabilities for autonomous driving.
As they describe it, the “4D LiDAR sensors detect velocity and range simultaneously, allowing autonomous devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions.”
Graphic: Aeva.com
Driver Assist
Stoneridge, headquartered in Michigan, had the MirrorEye, a camera monitoring system. As they describe it:
“Our technologies are driving the future of advanced vision systems for commercial vehicle applications. Stoneridge’s MirrorEye® Camera Monitor System, the foundation of the company’s vision system portfolio, replaces traditional rear and side-view mirrors with digital cameras and monitors, delivering greater safety, and enabling fuel efficiency and reduced emissions.”
Seth Clevenger at Transport Topics was at the show. Here’s how he describes things:
“The MirrorEye system was paired with in-cab display hardware provided by BOE Varitronix, including a prototype center high-mount display showing views of the sides of the truck captured by two downward facing side cameras, along with a view of the space directly in front of the vehicle from a camera mounted above the grille. The display also included pedestrian detection warnings.”
Again, there’s no knowing right now if these, or any new devices, will become standard in these emerging markets. The CES is a geeky-great way to help companies and their innovations have a better chance.
