Based in Quebec, Canada, LeddarTech is an automotive software company founded in 2007 that develops and offers comprehensive perception solutions enabling the deployment of ADAS and autonomous driving applications.
The company's mission is to improve the safety and quality of life of road users by enabling innovative solutions that reduce congestion, minimize the risk of accidents, and improve the overall efficiency of road transport. It achieves this by offering Tier 1–2 automotive suppliers and OEMs a high-performance sensor data fusion and perception software technology that is scalable, cost-effective, and independent of the types of sensors used. This technology encourages and accelerates the adoption of ADAS systems, resulting in improved safety and efficiency of vehicles on our roads.
ADAS solutions that compensate for driver distraction, such as automated emergency braking and blind-spot or collision warning systems, are essential to improving road safety. Depending on the level of autonomy required and the ADAS functionality to be deployed, various types of sensors are needed, such as cameras, radar, and the addition of LiDAR at higher autonomy levels. Each of these sensors has its strengths and weaknesses: among them are the limited performance of cameras in certain lighting or visibility conditions, LiDAR's difficulty in estimating distance in adverse weather, and the low resolution associated with radar modeling. In some circumstances, these limitations can lead to the generation of an imprecise or incorrect model of the environment from which the vehicle must navigate.
These limitations are largely mitigated by low-level sensor data fusion, which combines raw data from all sensor modalities to detect, track, and classify objects reliably and accurately. This data fusion approach achieves significantly better performance than traditional perception systems, which use object-level fusion and detect and classify objects from each sensor individually. LeddarTech’s low-level fusion solution, called LeddarVision™, is automotive-grade software that combines artificial intelligence, digital vision technologies, deep neural networks, and computational efficiency to optimize the performance of sensors and onboard hardware, thereby maximizing road safety.
Because LeddarTech’s software is not dependent on the types and configurations of sensors used, it offers developers a highly flexible and scalable platform, unlike other solutions on the market. Consequently, the customer is in control of the solution and can determine which combination of cameras, radars, or LiDARs best suits their application and performance requirements. In addition, they can optimize the costs of the solution, since LeddarTech’s low-level fusion and perception technology reduces the required hardware (sensors and processing units), delivering the same performance as object-level fusion.
Facilitating the development of ADAS and AD systems and optimizing their performance is what drives the company to push the boundaries of technological progress. It has been innovating for more than a decade, with over 140 patents granted or filed, to positively influence the mobility landscape. LeddarTech is headquartered in Quebec and has two R&D centers in Quebec, one in Toronto and a fourth in Israel. In addition, the company supports its customers with technical-commercial sales offices in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Reliable perception technology is essential to making mobility safer, more efficient, sustainable, and affordable: this is what drives LeddarTech to become the most widely adopted sensor data fusion and perception software solution.
A world-class leader and innovator, LeddarTech is well on its way to revolutionizing advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving systems.
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