lidarsystem.ai

#Lidar System AI Meta

#Ensuring reliable perception of yard truck surroundings

#Detecting both anticipated and unanticipated objects

#Backing trailer to dock precisely with centimeter-level accuracy

#Hitching trailer to truck

#Collaborative autonomy

#Point cloud for autonomous operations

#Electric Autonomous Vehicles

#Navigation within port environments

#AI algorithms | Processing and analyzing lidar data to extract relevant features and information | Recognizing and extracting specific features from point cloud data | Identifying objects | Analyzing spatial patterns and characteristics of points

#Annotation and Classification | Leveraging machine learning techniques | AI models trained on labeled datasets | Models learning to recognize objects automatically

#Object Detection and Segmentation | AI algorithms performing object detection and segmentation | Identifying individual objects | Delineating object boundaries | Autonomous driving | Detecting and tracking vehicles, pedestrians, and obstacles

#Machine Learning and Training | AI models trained using labeled Lidar data | Models learned to recognize patterns, shapes, and semantic information | Predictions and classifications on new, unseen Lidar scans

#Combining Lidar technology with AI

#Automating annotation and analysis of Lidar data

#Interpretation of Lidar point clouds

#Clutter | Irrelevant, redundant, or obstructive object or feature for mapping task | Detecting and removing clutter from raw LiDAR data | Range filters to discard measurements | Semantic filters to label and remove unwanted objects based on their shape or appearance | Temporal filters to track and remove dynamic objects based on their motion | Adjusting pulse width | Grid-based method discretizes space into cells and stores occupancy or probability of each cell | Surface-based method reconstructs geometry or topology of surface from scan points

#Physical perimeter security

#2D LiDAR in perimeter security | Precise detection above or at base of fences | Field of view (FOV) | Creating different zones | Adjusting to different threat levels | Gathers size and speed of movement | Providing exact X,Y coordinates of the intrusion | Giving intelligence to security system to trigger lights, voice alerts, direct video surveillance cameras and security teams to right location

#Lowering dependence on guards

#Lidar Perimeter Volumetric protection

#Imaging vibrometry | Laser scanning vibrometry (LSV) | Non-contact method for measuring vibrations on surfaces | Employs Doppler effect to analyze light scattered from vibrating surfaces | Precise spatial resolution and dynamic behavior visualization

#Target accuracy

#Measurement range

#Measurement accuracy

#Angular range

#Vibrometry sampling frequenvy

#Vibrometry max in-band velocity

#Pointer

#Eye safety

#Raw point clouds

#Vector-search

#Semantic search

#Road radiometry

#Classifying

#Fusion of LiDAR, camera and radar

#Perception algorithm

#Reproducing space and objects

#Recognizing scene context

#Recognizing motion of surrounding objects

#Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) | Architectural approach improving large language model (LLM) retrievals | Data/documents relevant to question or task provided as context for LLM

#Pod-based indexes

#Private link

#Serverless indexes: separated and usage-based pricing for reads, writes, and storage

#Vector store

#Smart Infrastructure

#Perimeter security

#Multi-tenant RAG applications

#Lidar detection software,

#Red zone protection

#Perimeter defense

#Tailgating

#Photon

#Electromagnetic radiation (light, radio waves)

#Wave-particle duality (photon)

#National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) TS2 | Standard for traffic control assemblies

#Zero Minimum Range: objects detected right up to sensor window

#Return Sorting Options for dual return data with strongest-to-weakest, nearest-to-farthest, or farthest-to-nearest

#Firmware

#Sensor window

#Close-range scenarios

#Near range

#Reflective surfaces

#Challenging conditions: rain, dust, fog)

#Updating sensor firmware

#Smart infrastructure

#Autonomous machines

#Off-Road lidar data

#Perception

#Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wavy (FMCW) lidar | Detecting vehicles and various obstacles from long distances | Detecting tires at 150 m (492.1 ft.) away and a person in dark clothing at 300 m (984.2 ft.)

#Silicon lidar platform

#Advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS)

#Time-of-flight (ToF) system

#Perception stack

#1550nm LiDAR | Advantages: safety, range, and performance in various environmental conditions | Enhanced Eye Safety: absorbed more efficiently by cornea and lens of eye, preventing light from reaching sensitive retina | Longer Detection Range | Improved Performance in Adverse Weather Conditions such as as fog, rain, or dust | Reduced Interference from Sunlight and Other Light Sources | More expensive due to complexity and lower production volumes of their components

#SLAM | Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

#California wildfire | Challenges | Access roads too steep for fire department equipment | Brush fires | Dangerously strong winds for fire fighting planes | Drone interfering with wildfire response hit plane | Dry conditions fueled fires | Dry vegetation primed to burn | Faults on the power grid | Fires fueled by hurricane-force winds | Fire hydrants gone dry | Fast moving flames | Hilly areas | Increasing fire size, frequency, and susceptibility to beetle outbreaks and drought driven mortality | Keeping native biodiversity | Looting | Low water pressure | Managing forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands for broad ecological and societal benefits | Power shutoffs | Ramping up security in areas that have been evacuated | Recoving the remains of people killed | Retardant drop pointless due to heavy winds | Smoke filled canyons | Santa Ana winds | Time it takes for water-dropping helicopter to arrive | Tree limbs hitting electrical wires | Use of air tankers is costly and increasingly ineffective | Utilities sensor network outdated | Water supply systems not built for wildfires on large scale | Wire fault causes a spark | Wires hitting one another | Assets | California National Guard | Curfews | Evacuation bags | Firefighters | Firefighting helicopter | Fire maps | Evacuation zones | Feeding centers | Heavy-lift helicopter | LiDAR technology to create detailed 3D maps of high-risk areas | LAFD (Los Angeles Fire Department) | Los Angeles County Sheriff Department | Los Angeles County Medical Examiner | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Recycled water irrigation reservoirs | Satellites for wildfire detection | Sensor network of LAFD | Smoke forecast | Statistics | Beachfront properties destroyed | Death tol | Damage | Economic losses | Expansion of non-native, invasive species | Loss of native vegetation | Structures (home, multifamily residence, outbuilding, vehicle) damaged | California wildfire actions | Animals relocated | Financial recovery programs | Efforts toward wildfire resilience | Evacuation orders | Evacuation warnings | Helicopters dropped water on evacuation routes to help residents escape | Reevaluating wildfire risk management | Schools closed | Schools to be inspected and cleaned outside and in, and their filters must be changed

#Lidar-Enabled Smart Traffic Solution

#Combining digital lidar sensors and edge AI at each intersection

#Providing detection for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications

#Perception software

#Intelligent signal actuation at intersections

#Creating real-time 3D digital traffic twin

#Automating data collection in the cloud

#Deep learning AI perception

#Object classification

#Object detection

#Traffic actuation

#Near-miss detection

#Outside of crosswalk events

#Red light running

#Wrong-way driving