Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Toyota subsidiary Woven Planet Holdings has announced its acquisition of US spatial HD mapping company Carmera.
Woven Planet Holdings was established with the primary purpose of expanding and improving operations at the Toyota Research Institute.
Carmera is startup company that specializes in HD maps for automated driving as well as consumer maps for human navigation. It uses consumer-grade cameras from its customers to detect and log changes, and it covers all sorts of landscapes.
Through this acquisition, Carmera will be integrated into the Automated Mapping Platform (AMP) division of Woven Alpha, which will focus on producing a comprehensive road and lane HD map platform on a global scale for automated vehicles.
Working towards a multi-regional commercial launch, Woven Alpha will use Carmera’s established IoT sensing technology to update lane markings, traffic signals, signs, and more in near real-time to enable automated vehicles to direct themselves.
“Carmera’s software stack, which is focused on real-time HD map changes and proprietary hardware custom-tailored to crowdsourcing, is an ideal complement to AMP’s mapping efforts,” stated Mandali Khalesi, Woven Planet’s vice president of automated driving strategy.
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