Build Safer, Smarter Vehicles with Thermal Cameras to Meet AEB Standards

 


 

Develop the next generation of safer autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) that comply with U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 127, utilizing cost-effective Teledyne FLIR thermal cameras.


Benefits of Teledyne FLIR Thermal Cameras on ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles

SAFETY

Thermal cameras see through a wide variety of conditions including darkness, sunlight, headlight glare, shadows, and most fog 24 hours a day.  They are especially good at detecting pedestrians, bicyclists, large animals, and other vulnerable road users. 

 

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SMARTER

Thermal imagery fills the performance gaps where existing vision sensors are challenged.  They offer redundancy as well as complement existing visible sensors, radar, and LIDAR  to improve detection and classification algorithms immediately through multispectral sensor fusion.

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SECURE

Teledyne FLIR is the global leader in thermal camera quality and production for automotive, defense, industrial, and commercial uses.  Teledyne FLIR produces the only US-manufactured, automotive-qualified thermal sensor that has been installed on nearly a million passenger vehicles. 

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Thermal-Fused Automatic Emergency Braking Test Report

Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB) testing performed by VSI Labs shows that their thermal-fused AEB test vehicle passed all FMVSS No. 127 tests conducted—day and night. Three leading 2024-model AEB systems also tested failed one or more of the night testing scenarios. Based on the test results and underlying perception system data, thermal cameras are essential for effective nighttime pedestrian detection. They provide advanced warning to extend braking distances, improved detection and false-positive performance, and more comfortable and safer deceleration.

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Meet our Customers and Partners

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Products and Solutions

High Performance, Automotive-Qualified Thermal Camera

Access the world’s first Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) B thermal longwave infrared (LWIR) camera, developed in accordance with ISO 26262 processes. This cost-effective thermal camera offers high 640x512 resolution in a compact, fully enclosed IP6K9K package for ADAS and autonomous vehicles. Designed for AEB integration, it extends perception beyond vehicle headlights in complete darkness and through fog, smoke, sun, and headlight glare.

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Start Testing with the Teledyne FLIR ADK™

Teledyne FLIR Automotive Development Kit (ADK) offers plug-and-play installation to start testing thermal cameras for ADAS and AV development projects. It includes a 640 x 512 resolution Boson® thermal camera in a heated all-weather IP67 housing and USB, GMSL, or FPD-Link interfaces. Interested in a thermal vision enhancement system for today’s vehicles, please see PathFindIR II.

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Thermal Vision for ADAS and AV Developers

FREE Thermal Dataset for Algorithm Training

The free thermal image dataset for ADAS and AV algorithm developers quickly evaluate the vehicle safety algorithm performance, neural network testing, and thermal sensors, such as the FLIR ADK™. It features more than 26,000 annotated thermal and RGB images captured at day and night. The dataset includes classification of fifteen groups: bike, car, motorcycle, bus, train, truck, traffic light, fire hydrant, street sign, dog, skateboard, stroller scooter, and other vehicle.

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Integrate Thermal Cameras Faster with Prism AI

Prism AI software framework provides classification, object detection, and object tracking enabling perception engineers to quickly start integrating thermal cameras for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) systems. Developers can use Prism AI as the primary perception software or as reference while taking advantage of camera calibration tools, along with visible-and-thermal fusion and advanced image processing capabilities that offer superior perception capability, especially for pedestrian and animal detection.

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Accelerate AI Deployment with Conservator

Conservator™, an affordable, cloud-based dataset development software to help perception engineers accelerate AI development using thermal infrared and visible image datasets to train neural networks. Conservator includes dataset workflow tools for annotation, curation, quality assurance, and dataset version control to meet the demands of data scientists in automotive, defense, security, and smart cities applications.

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Videos

See how adding Teledyne FLIR thermal sensors to autonomous vehicles and ADAS can make vehicles safer by improving perception and filling gaps created by other sensors.

Automatic Emergency Braking Fused with Thermal Can Save Lives

Automatic Emergency Braking Fused with Thermal Can Save Lives

Existing AEB systems are powered by radar and visible cameras and none feature a thermal imaging camera. In our tests, we showed that Teledyne FLIR thermal cameras and the Research Vehicle consistently stopped safely in challenging conditions.

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Thermal Cameras and Automatic Emergency Braking

Testing Automatic Emergency Braking with FLIR Thermal Cameras

Testing Automatic Emergency Braking with FLIR Thermal Cameras

Three test cases were conducted in both daylight and darkness, giving six datasets and 35 total test runs using an adult Euro NCAP Pedestrian Target (EPTa). Test results were promising. In all runs for all six test cases, the AEB system successfully brought the VUT to a stop before reaching the EPTa.

Creating Safer Roads of Tomorrow

Creating Safer Roads of Tomorrow

Drive with clarity, even in the most challenging road conditions. Not one technology alone can create safer roads of tomorrow, but with the power of 3 sensor suites, achieve the impossible with thermal imaging.

Resources

Test Results: AEB Fused with Thermal Can Save Lives

 

Read these test results that show how thermal cameras fused with AEB help save lives.

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What Automotive Engineers and Developers Need to Know About Thermal Imaging

Learn how adding thermal cameras to your vehicles can improve roadway safety by enabling more advanced automatic braking.

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Two Thermal Cameras Are Better Than One

This download will explain how thermal stereo vision enables 3D perception under any lighting and weather conditions.White Paper Icon for "Two Thermal Cameras Are Better Than One"

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Recent News

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Teledyne FLIR and VSI Labs Testing Shows How Thermal Imaging Helps Vehicle Makers Meet Nighttime AEB Federal Safety Standards

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Teledyne FLIR Commends NHTSA Ruling for Automatic Emergency Braking Requirement on Passenger Vehicles

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Valeo and Teledyne FLIR Announce Agreement and First Contract for Thermal Imaging for Automotive Safety Systems

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New Prism software from Teledyne FLIR delivers advanced Signal Processing and Expands AI at the Edge

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