Toyota extends partnership with CARMERA for an autonomous driving initiative in Michigan
Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc. (“TRI-AD”) and leading road intelligence company CARMERA Inc. (“CARMERA”) announced new results from their ongoing partnership. A follow-up to the companies’ successful camera-based mapping work in Tokyo, this latest phase used commercially available dashboard-mounted cameras to detect key road features with the relative accuracy performance necessary for automated driving. Specifically, CARMERA’s machine learning, computer vision and geospatial technologies were used to detect and place key road features—such as lane markings, traffic signals and signs—along Michigan roadways in central Detroit and Ann Arbor.