LeddarTech Releases Its LeddarSteer Automotive-Grade, Solid-State Digital Beam Steering Technology for LiDAR Sensor Developers

LeddarSteer DBS

LeddarSteer DBS by LeddarTech

QUEBEC, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, a global leader in providing the most flexible, robust and accurate ADAS and AD sensing technology, is pleased to announce the official release of LeddarSteer™, a digital beam steering solution designed for LiDAR smart sensor developers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers.

Digital beam steering refers to changing the direction of laser pulses in a LiDAR. Using a stack of alternating liquid crystal cells and polarization gratings enables to steer light at different angles at a specific wavelength in order to augment a LiDAR field of view while maximizing its performance, allowing digital beam steering for LiDAR to be achieved.

LeddarSteer digital beam steering offers a myriad of benefits to LiDAR smart sensor developers and Tier 1 and 2 customers, including:

  • Software-controlled on-the-fly adjustment
    • Frame-by-frame adjustment
    • Preset or customized configuration
    • Easy setup and interface
    • Voltage-controlled steering
  • Multiple LiDAR applications
    • Compatible with a wide range of LiDAR architectures
    • Enables one LiDAR to address multiple use cases
    • Field of view adjustable for various actions, including turns, exits, lane changes and slopes
    • Same LiDAR for highway and city driving
    • Reduces the number of sensors, generating cost savings
  • Automotive-grade solid-state technology, resulting in a significantly higher MTBF (mean time between failures)

LeddarSteer can be seamlessly integrated into an existing LiDAR to expand the field of view or integrated into new LiDAR development. The solution provides an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio by concentrating laser power on a small region of interest while reducing the size, cost and complexity of LiDAR components whilst maintaining or increasing the pixel count and resolution.

“For well over a decade, LeddarTech has been a leader in developing sensing solutions that enable our customers to deliver high-performance ADAS and AD sensors,” stated Mr. Charles Boulanger, CEO of LeddarTech. “LeddarSteer is the only digital beam steering smart component designed for mass production with the flexibility, reliability, cost, size and performance required by the most demanding 3D sensing applications and supported by standard automotive manufacturing process,” concluded Mr. Boulanger.

About LeddarTech

Founded in 2007, LeddarTech is a comprehensive end-to-end environmental sensing company that enables customers to solve critical sensing, fusion and perception challenges across the entire value chain. LeddarTech provides cost-effective perception solutions scalable from Level 2 ADAS to Level 5 full autonomy with LeddarVision™, a raw-data sensor fusion and perception platform that generates a comprehensive 3D environmental model from a variety of sensor types and configurations. LeddarTech also supports LiDAR manufacturers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers with key technology building blocks such as LeddarSteer™ digital beam steering and the LeddarEngine™, which is built on LeddarTech’s Leddar™ technology employing patented signal acquisition and processing techniques to generate a richer and cleaner return signal at a lower cost. The LeddarEngine comprises a highly integrated, scalable LiDAR SoC and software combination that enables LiDAR developers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers to design their own LiDAR solutions. The company is responsible for several innovations in cutting-edge automotive and mobility remote-sensing applications, with over 120 patents granted or applied for, enhancing ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities.

Additional information about LeddarTech is accessible at www.leddartech.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Contact:
Daniel Aitken, Vice-President, Global Marketing, Communications and Investor Relations, LeddarTech Inc.
Tel.: + 1-418-653-9000 ext. 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Investor relations contact: InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

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LeddarTech lance LeddarSteer, la technologie solid-state d’orientation numérique du faisceau de classe automobile pour les développeurs de capteurs LiDAR

LeddarSteer DBS

LeddarSteer DBS par LeddarTech

QUÉBEC, 10 mai 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, chef de file de calibre mondial en technologie de détection précise, robuste et polyvalente pour les systèmes avancés d’aide à la conduite (systèmes ADAS) et de conduite autonome (systèmes AD), est heureuse d’annoncer le lancement officiel de LeddarSteer™, une solution d’orientation numérique du faisceau conçue pour les développeurs de capteurs LiDAR intelligents et les fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1-2.

La technologie d’orientation numérique du faisceau fait référence au changement de direction des impulsions laser dans un LiDAR. L’utilisation d’une superposition de cellules à cristaux liquides alternées et de réseaux de polarisation permet de diriger la lumière à différents angles et à une longueur d’onde spécifique afin d’augmenter le champ de vision d’un LiDAR tout en maximisant sa performance, assurant ainsi l’orientation numérique du faisceau LiDAR.

La solution d’orientation numérique du faisceau LeddarSteer offre un très grand nombre d’avantages aux développeurs de capteurs LiDAR intelligents et aux fournisseurs de rang 1-2, dont :

  • Ajustements instantanés commandés par logiciel
    • Ajustement image par image
    • Configuration prédéfinie ou personnalisée
    • Mise en œuvre aisée et interface conviviale
    • Commande par variation de tension
  • Multiples applications LiDAR
    • Compatible avec une grande variété d’architectures LiDAR
    • Permet de couvrir de multiples cas d’utilisation
    • Champ de vision réglable pour diverses actions, y compris les tournants, les sorties, les changements de voie et les déclivités
    • Même LiDAR pour la conduite sur autoroute ou urbaine
    • Réduit le nombre de capteurs, donc les coûts
  • Technologie solid-state de qualité automobile, pour une fiabilité nettement accrue

Le LeddarSteer peut parfaitement être intégré dans une architecture LiDAR existante afin d’élargir le champ de vision, ou être intégré dans un nouveau système. La solution améliore le rapport signal sur bruit en concentrant la puissance laser sur une région d’intérêt précise, tout en réduisant la taille, le coût et la complexité des composants LiDAR et en conservant une haute résolution.

« Depuis plus d’une décennie, LeddarTech est à l’avant-scène dans le développement de solutions de détection qui permettent à nos clients de fournir des capteurs ADAS et AD à haute performance », a déclaré M. Charles Boulanger, chef de la direction de LeddarTech. « LeddarSteer est le seul composant intelligent d’orientation numérique du faisceau conçu pour la production de masse conforme aux exigences d’agilité, de fiabilité, de coût, de taille et de performance requises par les applications de détection 3D les plus strictes et compatible avec les processus standard de fabrication automobiles », a conclu M. Boulanger.

À propos de LeddarTech

Fondée en 2007, LeddarTech propose des solutions de détection environnementale exhaustives et intégrées qui permettent à ses clients de résoudre des problèmes critiques en matière de détection, de fusion de données et de perception tout au long de la chaîne de valeur. LeddarTech offre des solutions de perception optimisées et évolutives appuyant les niveaux d’autonomie 2 (aide à la conduite) jusqu’à 5 (autonomie complète) avec LeddarVision™, une plateforme de fusion de données brutes de capteurs et de perception qui génère un modèle environnemental 3D détaillé à partir d’une variété de configurations et de types de capteurs. LeddarTech soutient également les fabricants de LiDARs et les fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1 et 2 en proposant des blocs technologiques clés comme l’orientation numérique du faisceau LeddarSteer™ ou le LeddarEngine™, bâti sur la technologie Leddar™ de LeddarTech et qui recourt à des techniques d’acquisition et de traitement de signal brevetées pour générer un signal de retour plus riche et plus net à moindre coût. Le LeddarEngine est une combinaison SoC et logicielle LiDAR évolutive hautement intégrée qui permet aux développeurs de LiDARs et aux fournisseurs automobiles de rang 1-2 de concevoir leurs propres solutions LiDAR. Détentrice de plus de 120 brevets accordés ou en instance, la société a contribué à plusieurs innovations liées à des applications de télédétection de pointe destinées au marché automobile et de la mobilité et qui améliorent les capacités des systèmes d’aide à la conduite et de conduite autonome.

Renseignements complémentaires disponibles sur www.leddartech.com et sur LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook et YouTube.

Contact :
Daniel Aitken, vice-président, Marketing, communications et relations avec les investisseurs mondiaux, LeddarTech Inc.
Tél. : + 1-418-653-9000 poste 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Contact relations investisseurs : InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

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LeddarTech lança tecnologia de direção de feixe digital de estado sólido de grau automotivo LeddarSteer para desenvolvedores de sensores LiDAR

QUEBEC, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A LeddarTech®, líder global no fornecimento da tecnologia de detecção ADAS e AD mais flexível, robusta e precisa, tem o prazer de anunciar o lançamento do LeddarSteer™, uma solução de direção de feixe digital criada para os desenvolvedores de sensores inteligentes LiDAR e fornecedores automotivos Nível 1-2.

A direção do feixe digital refere-se à mudança da direção dos pulsos do laser em um LiDAR. O uso de uma pilha de células de cristal líquido alternadas e grades de polarização permite direcionar a luz em diferentes ângulos em um comprimento de onda específico, a fim de aumentar um campo de visão LiDAR, maximizando seu desempenho, permitindo o alcance da direção de feixe digital para LiDAR.

A direção de feixe digital LeddarSteer oferece uma infinidade de benefícios para os desenvolvedores de sensores inteligentes LiDAR e clientes de Nível 1 e 2, incluindo:

  • Ajuste instantâneo controlado por software
    • Ajuste quadro a quadro
    • Configuração predefinida ou personalizada
    • Fácil configuração e interface
    • Direção controlada por tensão
  • Várias aplicações LiDAR
    • Compatibilidade com uma ampla gama de arquiteturas LiDAR
    • Vários casos de uso abordados pelo LiDAR
    • Campo de visão ajustável para várias ações, incluindo curvas, saídas, mudanças de faixa e declives
    • Mesmo LiDAR para condução em rodovias e cidades
    • Redução do número de sensores, permitindo economia de custos
  • Tecnologia de estado sólido de grau automotivo, resultando em um MTBF significativamente maior (tempo médio entre falhas)

O LeddarSteer pode ser perfeitamente integrado a um LiDAR existente para expandir o campo de visão, ou integrado ao novo desenvolvimento do LiDAR. A solução fornece uma relação sinal-ruído aprimorada, concentrando a potência do laser em uma pequena região de interesse, reduzindo o tamanho, o custo e a complexidade dos componentes LiDAR, mantendo ou aumentando a contagem e resolução de pixels.

“Há mais de 10 anos a LeddarTech tem sido líder no desenvolvimento de soluções de detecção que permitem que nossos clientes entreguem sensores ADAS e AD de alta performance”, disse Charles Boulanger, CEO da LeddarTech. “O LeddarSteer é o único componente inteligente de direção de feixe digital projetado para produção em massa com a flexibilidade, confiabilidade, custo, tamanho e desempenho exigidos pelas aplicações de detecção 3D mais exigentes, e suportado pelo processo de fabricação automotiva padrão”, concluiu o Sr. Boulanger.

Sobre a LeddarTech

Fundada em 2007, a LeddarTech é uma empresa abrangente de sensoriamento ambiental completo, que viabiliza que os clientes resolvam desafios essenciais de sensoriamento, fusão e percepção em toda a cadeia de valor. A LeddarTech fornece soluções de percepção escaláveis econômicas de Nível 2 ADAS ao Nível 5 de plena autonomia com LeddarVision™, uma plataforma de fusão e percepção de sensores de dados brutos que gera um modelo ambiental 3D abrangente a partir de uma variedade de tipos e configurações de sensores. A LeddarTech também dá suporte aos fabricantes LiDAR e aos fornecedores automotivos de Nível 1-2 com os principais blocos de construção de tecnologia, como a direção de feixe digital LeddarSteer™ e LeddarEngine™, que é construído com base na tecnologia Leddar™ da LeddarTech, empregando técnicas patenteadas de aquisição e processamento de sinal para gerar um sinal de retorno mais rico e limpo a um custo menor. O LeddarEngine compreende um LiDAR SoC altamente integrado e escalável e uma combinação de software que permite que os desenvolvedores LiDAR e os fornecedores automotivos de Nível 1-2 projetem suas próprias soluções LiDAR. A empresa é responsável por muitas inovações de aplicações com sensor remoto automotivos e de mobilidade avançadas, com mais de 120 patentes concedidas ou em andamento, aprimoramento de ADAS e capacidade de direção autônoma.

Para mais informação sobre a LeddarTech, visite www.leddartech.com, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook e YouTube.

Contato:
Daniel Aitken, Vice-Presidente, Marketing Global, Comunicações e Relacionamento com o Investidor, LeddarTech Inc.
Tel.: + 1-418-653-9000 ramal 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Contato de Relações com Investidores: InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

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Synchronoss to Provide Wholesale Process Automation and Management to Brightspeed

Relationship to Support Brightspeed’s Planned Fiber Deployments Across 20-State Footprint

Multi-Year Agreement Features interconnectNOW and Financial Analytics
to Help Orchestrate Service Requests and Manage Trading Partner Expense

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Synchronoss Technologies Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SNCR), a global leader and innovator in cloud, messaging and digital products and platforms, today announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Brightspeed, a provider of broadband and telecommunications services expected to have operations in 20 States. Brightspeed will initially be comprised of the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) assets and associated operations of Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), which are the subject of a pending acquisition by Apollo-managed funds (NYSE: APO).

Brightspeed will utilize two key modules from the Synchronoss networkX Platform – interconnectNOW (iNOW) and Financial Analytics (FA) – for its planned fiber deployments throughout its multi-state territory across rural and suburban regions of the United States.

Brightspeed previously announced plans to invest more than $2 billion to build a network that will bring faster, more reliable Internet and Wi-Fi to communities throughout the Midwest, Southeast, and certain parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.   The company’s planned fiber optics transformation is expected to reach up to three million homes and businesses over the next five years, including in many places where fiber and advanced technology have not historically been deployed.

“As Brightspeed continues to build out its fiber optics network, iNOW and Financial Analytics will be integral in managing the company’s wholesale carrier operations,” said Chris Hill, Chief Commercial Officer at Synchronoss. “Automating and orchestrating orders throughout the lifecycle will enable Brightspeed to keep pace with customer requests and realize revenue faster.”

“Our partnership with Synchronoss will provide us access to their state-of-the-art platforms to achieve exceptional efficiencies in managing our wholesale carrier orders and trading partner transactions,” said Chris Creager, Chief Administration Officer of Brightspeed. “From end-to-end, iNOW will enable us to track orders and help us deliver world-class connectivity products and services to the communities we look forward to serving.”

The iNOW platform eliminates manual handling of service orders and manages the full lifecycle between customer and supplier via automation and rules-based validation. It provides a single interface and database for all buyer and supplier orders, making it easy to track orders from receipt to fulfillment, reconciles billing, and provides real-time reporting – shortening time to revenue.

The Financial Analytics platform streamlines the management of complex carrier invoicing via automated workflow and intuitive rules engines for auditing, accounting, validation, and payment of invoices. FA empowers service providers such as Brightspeed with the necessary tools and processes to ensure intercarrier expenses are thoroughly analyzed and confirmed prior to payment.

Leading service providers from around the world utilize Synchronoss and the iNOW platform to manage 39 million orders and transactions annually from 5,000 integrated operators.

About Synchronoss

Synchronoss Technologies (Nasdaq: SNCR) builds software that empowers companies around the world to connect with their subscribers in trusted and meaningful ways. The company’s collection of products helps streamline networks, simplify onboarding, and engage subscribers to unleash new revenue streams, reduce costs and increase speed to market. Hundreds of millions of subscribers trust Synchronoss products to stay in sync with the people, services, and content they love. That’s why more than 1,500 talented Synchronoss employees worldwide strive each day to reimagine a world in sync. Learn more at www.synchronoss.com.

About Brightspeed

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. and expected to have assets and associated operations in 20 states, Brightspeed will provide broadband and telecommunications services through a network platform capable of serving more than six million homes and businesses. The company aims to bridge the digital divide by deploying a state-of-the-art fiber network and a customer experience that makes staying connected simple and seamless. Learn more at www.brightspeed.com.

Synchronoss

Media Relations Contact:
Domenick Cilea
Springboard
dcilea@springboardpr.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Matt Glover / Tom Colton
Gateway Group, Inc.
SNCR@gatewayir.com

Brightspeed

Media Relations Contact:
Erik Carlson
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
(212) 355-4449
pr@brightspeed.com

Elon Musk Says He’d Reinstate Trump’s Twitter Account

Elon Musk on Tuesday said he would reinstate former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account.

The Tesla CEO who’s vying to buy Twitter and take it private for a reported price tag of $44 billion made the comment at the Financial Times Future of the Car conference.

“I do think that it was not correct to ban Donald Trump,” Musk said. “I think that was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”

Musk added that Trump’s ban was “morally wrong and flat-out stupid.”

Trump’s account was permanently banned after the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, with Twitter saying his continued presence on the platform was a “risk of further incitement of violence.”

Musk added that permanent bans should be “extremely rare” and reserved for “bots, or spam/scam accounts.”

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” he said in a recent statement.

Trump has said he does not intend to rejoin Twitter and will focus mostly on the social network he launched called Truth Social.

Source: Voice of America

WHO Chief: China’s Zero-Tolerance COVID-19 Policy Not Sustainable

Following China’s announcement that it would tighten restrictions in Shanghai to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday said the country’s zero-tolerance policy is not sustainable.

Speaking at a media briefing Tuesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted the behavior of the disease caused by the coronavirus and what experts “anticipate in the future.” He added, “We have discussed this issue with Chinese experts… I think a shift would be very important.”

Authorities in Shanghai have tightened restrictions on its 26 million residents, despite a steady decline in new COVID-19 infections.

Residents in some neighborhoods have been informed in writing that they are not allowed to leave their homes or receive deliveries as part of a “quiet period” that would last for at least three days. The new restrictions caught residents by surprise, coming after a brief period of being allowed to move about their neighborhoods.

There have also been accounts posted on Chinese social media sites of residents being forcibly removed from their homes and placed in hotels or quarantine facilities if their neighbors tested positive for the coronavirus, as well as anecdotes of cleanup crews in full protective suits entering apartments to disinfect them.

A Shanghai city official confirmed the move in an interview with The Associated Press, saying the homes of people in older communities with shared bathrooms and kitchens will be disinfected.

The actions prompted open letters posted on social media Sunday by Tong Zhiwei, law professor at Shanghai’s East China University of Political Science and Law, and Liu Dali, a corporate lawyer in Shanghai, to question the legality of such practices.

Nearly all of Shanghai’s residents have been under strict orders for the past six weeks as officials in the Chinese financial hub struggle to contain a mass outbreak of new COVID-19 cases largely driven by a highly contagious omicron variant. The lockdown has led to angry complaints of a lack of fresh food and medicine throughout China’s biggest city.

Officials reported about 3,000 new cases Monday, far below a peak of 26,000 posted in mid-April.

Elsewhere in China, Beijing further tightened COVID-19 curbs on residents Monday with more mass testing and road closures as the country continues with its uncompromising battle with the virus.

Residents of the city’s worst-hit areas were told to work from home while more roads, compounds and parks were sealed off as the capital of 22 million grappled with its worst outbreak since 2020.

China has doubled down on its strict “zero-COVID” policy even as it severely disrupts everyday life and brings economic activity to a halt.

Source: Voice of America