Subaru to launch AI-based EyeSight system from 2025 – report

Subaru developing a new version of it Eye sight Driver assistance systems using artificial intelligence (AI) will be introduced from 2025, according to overseas reports.

Based on Automotive NewsThe Japanese automaker will use AI to provide several levels of autonomous driving and automated parking assistance.

According to the report, AI will also improve the computer’s recognition in difficult-to-see situations, like when road markers are covered with snow.

The new technology will build on an existing windshield-mounted stereo camera system that “detects, mitigates or even prevents collisions,” while also detecting pedestrians and cyclists. , along with other features.

It will also be partially created at Subaru’s new AI development center, Subaru Lab, where engineers are using machine learning to deliver battery safety features at a faster rate.

Unlike many of its competitors, Subaru is said to be in no hurry to integrate the LiDAR sensor into its safety system.

Subaru Laboratory Vice President Toru Saito said to Automotive News that AI pairing with a stereo camera is more efficient than LiDAR because the two cameras can triangulate objects from different angles, creating a better three-dimensional image.

“The use of stereo cameras has a huge advantage when it comes to connecting with AI,” said Mr. Saito.

“Other automakers pursue a multi-solution approach and use radar, monocular and LiDAR. But stereo cameras are capable of doing what these three technologies can do individually.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk previously shared a similar view, arguing that nothing more than a camera is needed when people can drive without anything other than their eyes.

Future versions of the EyeSight driver-assistance system are expected to be compatible with over-the-air updates, though Subaru hasn’t revealed a timeline for when it will begin.

Subaru recently announced that it has sold more than 5 million vehicles equipped with the EyeSight driver assistance system globally.

EyeSight-equipped models also now account for 91% of its global sales, according to the automaker.

Subaru first introduced its EyeSight driver assistance system in Japan in 2008, and Australia first adopted the system on a flagship range. Liberty and Remote 2012 model.

Since then, it has trickled down every Subaru model available in Australia, with the exception of some manual equipment BRZ and WRX variations.

Over the years, safety systems have added more features and recently a new stereo camera in other markets features a third wide-angle grayscale camera for a better field of view. .

Subaru is also introducing the EyeSightX advanced driver assistance system in Japan in 2020.

The EyeSightX system features a new stereo camera with four radars in the front and rear bumpers that enable “extended functions” such as autonomous driving in congested traffic, lane change assist and speed control. before entering the bend in the road.

It is not yet clear when the updated EyeSight system will be introduced in Australia.

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