Qualcomm & Alps Alpine announce ‘ViewPose’ a advanced camera-based vehicle positioning technology
Autonomous vehicles, as well as conventional vehicles equipped with GPS navigation or advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), rely upon the vehicle’s precise position to safely navigate and keep occupants safe. In the field of autonomous driving and robotics, a vehicle’s precise location and orientation is known as “pose” and its required before a self-driving vehicle can begin to navigate using maps.
This week, Japanese electronics company Alps Alpine Co Ltd. and Chipmaker Qualcomm announced a new more accurate positioning technology called “ViewPose” that helps address the drawbacks of conventional GPS, especially in urban areas with spotty signals.