HERE and Mobileye, both leaders in providing technologies for intelligent vehicles, have announced plans for a strategic partnership that links their respective autonomous driving technologies into an enhanced industry-leading offering for automakers.
“We are building a state-of-the-art global HD map that is becoming the standard for autonomous driving and other IoT applications that need precise location-based information and services,” said Edzard Overbeek, CEO, HERE. “We are rapidly expanding this capability and I am very pleased that we can accelerate that work with Mobileye, a strategic partner which shares our view of where the automotive and other industries are going.”
The two companies said they intend to pursue the following collaborative initiatives.
Integration of Mobileye’s Roadbook with HERE HD Live Map
Mobileye's Roadbook will be integrated as a data layer in HERE HD Live Map, HERE's real-time cloud service for partially, highly and fully automated vehicles. Roadbook information will provide an additional layer of real-time contextual awareness by gathering landmark and roadway information to assist in making a vehicle more aware of its surroundings, and allow for more accurate vehicle positioning on the road.
Mobileye's utilization of the HERE Open Location Platform
Mobileye will use the HERE Open Location Platform for the ingestion and processing of raw sensor and observation data, and the creation and dynamic maintenance of its Roadbook products. The HERE Open Location Platform was developed to support the ingestion, enrichment and processing of real-time location-based data for connected transportation.
HERE to leverage raw sensor and observation data from Mobileye
HERE will use RSD and the Global Roadbook (GLRB), collected and aggregated from vehicle brands equipped with Mobileye technology, to support change detection and the maintenance of HERE HD Live Map. Detecting changes in the real world and adjusting the map accordingly is critically important for automated vehicles to plan better driving strategies.
“High-definition mapping is a key enabler for autonomous driving. Mobileye's REM technology, enabling crowd-sourced data extraction, together with the backend processing of the Roadbook combined with HERE HD Live Map is critical to ensure dynamic, near real-time updates,” said Amnon Shashua, Chairman and CTO, Mobileye. “We are pleased to work with HERE to create a "world HD-map" standard, leveraging the combined fleet size of certain vehicle brands initially, with the objective of eventually launching an industry wide initiative.”
Edited by
Maurice Nagle
