Japanese component major to leverage Metawave’s technologies to accelerate the development and improve performance of in-vehicle millimetre-wave radar sensors
17 May 2018 | 3841 Views | By Autocar Professional Bureau
Denso Corporation has taken a stake in Metawave Corporation, a US-based startup company that develops cutting-edge, millimetre-wave radar sensing technologies to detect vehicles and pedestrians.
Metawave announced on May 15, 2018 that it had raised an additional $10 million from Denso, Toyota AI Ventures, Hyundai Motor Company, and otherstrategic ...
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Denso Corporation has taken a stake in Metawave Corporation, a US-based startup company that develops cutting-edge, millimetre-wave radar sensing technologies to detect vehicles and pedestrians.
Metawave announced on May 15, 2018 that it had raised an additional $10 million from Denso, Toyota AI Ventures, Hyundai Motor Company, and otherstrategic investors.
Denso says it will harness Metawave’s technologies to accelerate the development of a smart automotive radar system for autonomous cars. Metawave has the core technologies for expanding radar detection range, improving recognition performance and reducing size.
To create a safe future of mobility, Denso has been working to develop sensors that serve as a vehicles’ ‘eyes’. Radar, a critical component found in nearly all autonomous cars, drastically improves the vehicle’s ability to recognize near-by conditions and objects.
A millimetre-wave radar sensor detects surrounding conditions using radio waves in the millimetre-wave band. The sensors are used in the radar systems to apply the brakes when a collision is unavoidable, and keep a certain distance from a preceding vehicle when driving. Denso’s millimetre-wave radar sensors are used in Toyota’s Alphard and Vellfire models, which were released in January 2018 in combination with a vision sensor for recognising vehicles and pedestrians.