Night Driving Challenges in Autonomous Driving Addressed by Imagry

• Enhanced visibility for Imagry’s AI-based vision-only Autonomous Driving software stack resulting from integration with ADASKY thermal cameras
• Addresses challenging night driving conditions to expand the performance of self-driving vehicles
• Extended night-time perception range improves safety by providing more time to respond

Imagry, a pioneer in HD-mapless autonomous driving technology, announced its collaboration with ADASKY, a developer of cutting-edge thermal cameras. The partnership integrates ADASKY’s advanced thermal imaging technology into Imagry’s vision-only AI-driven autonomous vehicle platform, setting a new benchmark for safe, reliable driving in adverse visibility conditions after dark.

ADASKY’s thermal cameras enhance vehicle perception in scenarios where standard cameras and other sensors fall short, such as dense fog and low-light environments like rural roads at night.

Combining Imagry’s visual spectrum AI driving system with ADASKY’s infrared spectrum thermal imaging cameras ensures safer L3/L4 autonomous driving behavior.

A New Era of Visibility

ADASKY’s thermal cameras can detect objects and classify living beings at distances that significantly surpass the nighttime detection range of typical daytime cameras reinforced with low-beam headlights. The integration of thermal imaging enables Imagry’s AI Driver to “see” in complete darkness and extreme weather, ensuring safer navigation in real-world scenarios.

Driving Innovation with Mapless Autonomy

This collaboration further improves Imagry’s vision-based HD-mapless driving platform, which relies on real-time visual spectrum camera-based perception and imitation learning to adapt to dynamic environments. With the addition of ADASKY’s thermal cameras, Imagry’s platform features enhanced capabilities in night and extreme weather driving. The result: safer autonomous driving solutions for passenger vehicles and public transportation, irrespective of lighting conditions.

“The collaboration with ADASKY brings advanced thermal imaging into our autonomous driving system,” said Dr. Ilan Shaviv, Imagry’s Chief Technology Officer. “This integration allows our AI Driver to confidently navigate situations with compromised visibility, such as low-light or rural night driving. With this collaboration, we’re making driving safer and more reliable for everyone sharing the road.”

A Visual Leap: Seeing Beyond the Visible Spectrum

Thermal imaging cameras from ADASKY can detect a pedestrian crossing a road with his bicycle at night, revealing hazards invisible to visual spectrum cameras and ensuring safer autonomous navigation in low-visibility conditions.

The above side-by-side visuals compare what a standard visual spectrum camera captures at night with the headlights on (left) with what ADASKY’s thermal camera reveals (right). These images demonstrate how thermal imaging enables vehicles to detect and classify objects, living beings, and road hazards with unmatched clarity in dense fog and complete darkness.

About ADASKY

ADASKY develops intelligent, high-resolution long-wave infrared (LWIR) thermal cameras for vehicle safety and perception systems. Designed to function in all visibility conditions, ADASKY’s cameras enhance ADAS and autonomous driving systems by detecting and classifying objects with unparalleled accuracy. For more information, visit: www.adasky.com