Global technology company, ZF, announced that it has acquired a 6% stake in the South Korean software company StradVision for automated driving Level-3 and Level-4 systems.
Marc Bolitho, Head of Engineering of the Electronics and ADAS division, ZF Group, stated that together with the ZF’s sensors, middleware platform and high-performance computing solutions, the vision perception software expertise from StradVision can provide a key component of its environmental sensor fusion for shuttles, commercial and light vehicles that can be optimised for centralised electrical architectures.
The software from the South Korean company claims to allow vehicles to detect and identify objects accurately, such as other vehicles, lanes, pedestrians, animals, free space, traffic signs, and lights, even in harsh weather conditions or poor lighting.
The software relies on deep learning-based perception algorithms, requiring a relatively small amount of memory and low power consumption, a release from the technology company said.
The software supports a wide variety of hardware platforms and can also be customised and optimised for other hardware systems, it added.The company further noted that autonomous driving and vehicle software are among the strategic technology fields within the company’s product portfolio. Its AD system solutions for the automotive and mobility sectors include high-performance computers such as the ZF ProAI, automotive software supporting ADAS and AD functions, sensors like camera, radar and LiDAR, and smart actuators, the company said.