Investment in commercialization of autonomous and semi-autonomous automobiles using machine vision technology has been on the increase for recent years. Market growth and consumer and business appetite for using machine vision in these vehicles has spurred the investment directly and through M&A activity.
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Waymo (Alphabet)
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General Motors
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Uber
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4. Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd. |
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Baidu
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Toyota
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Zoox, Inc.
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Luminar Technologies
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Nvidia
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Categorization and Classification | Patents and Published Applications |
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523 | |
159 Miscellaneous , 99 Calibration , 72 Mirror|Lens , 55 +Camera , 39 Noise|Errors , 20 Sensors , 17 Rotate , 17 Scan , 12 Pulse , 10 MEMS , 8 Self-cleaning , 6 Infrastructure , 5 Synchronize , 4 General system | |
359 | |
200 Object|Obstacle , 47 Vehicle Control , 30 Map , 25 Distance|Depth , 18 Lane|Path , 13 Position|Pose , 11 Collision , 10 Track , 3 Location , 2 Height | |
62 | |
20 Meteorology , 17 Trailer , 12 Miscellaneous , 8 Parking , 3 Communication , 2 Driver | |
161 | |
93 Point Cloud , 41 Recognition , 20 Learning/AI/Neural network , 7 Miscellaneous |