Ansys Collaborates with Sony Semiconductor Solutions to Advance Scenario-Based Perception Testing in Autonomous Vehicles
Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) announces collaboration with Sony Semiconductor Solutions to enhance perception system validation in autonomous vehicles (AV) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The partnership combines Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors™ software with Sony's HDR Image Sensor Model to enable comprehensive testing of AV functions in diverse conditions including low light, nighttime, rain, snow, and fog.
The collaboration allows OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to expedite thousands of on-road driving hours through virtual testing, significantly reducing development costs while improving safety validation. The AVxcelerate platform simulates how light travels through various environments and camera systems, reproducing pixel characteristics and signal processing functions with high accuracy.
Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) annuncia una collaborazione con Sony Semiconductor Solutions per migliorare la validazione dei sistemi di percezione nei veicoli autonomi (AV) e nei sistemi di assistenza avanzata alla guida (ADAS). Il partnership combina il software Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors™ con il Modello di Sensore di Immagine HDR di Sony per consentire test completi delle funzioni AV in condizioni diverse, tra cui scarsa illuminazione, notte, pioggia, neve e nebbia.
La collaborazione permette ai produttori di apparecchiature originali (OEM) e ai fornitori di primo livello di accelerare migliaia di ore di guida su strada attraverso test virtuali, riducendo significativamente i costi di sviluppo e migliorando la validazione della sicurezza. La piattaforma AVxcelerate simula come la luce attraversa vari ambienti e sistemi di telecamere, riproducendo caratteristiche dei pixel e funzioni di elaborazione del segnale con alta precisione.
Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) anuncia una colaboración con Sony Semiconductor Solutions para mejorar la validación del sistema de percepción en vehículos autónomos (AV) y sistemas avanzados de asistencia al conductor (ADAS). La asociación combina el software Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors™ con el Modelo de Sensor de Imagen HDR de Sony para permitir pruebas exhaustivas de las funciones de AV en diversas condiciones, incluyendo poca luz, noche, lluvia, nieve y niebla.
La colaboración permite a los fabricantes de equipos originales (OEM) y a los proveedores de nivel 1 acelerar miles de horas de conducción en carretera a través de pruebas virtuales, reduciendo significativamente los costos de desarrollo al tiempo que mejora la validación de seguridad. La plataforma AVxcelerate simula cómo viaja la luz a través de varios entornos y sistemas de cámaras, reproduciendo características de píxeles y funciones de procesamiento de señales con alta precisión.
Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS)는 Sony Semiconductor Solutions와 협력하여 자율주행차(AV) 및 고급 운전자 지원 시스템(ADAS)의 인식 시스템 검증을 강화한다고 발표했습니다. 이 파트너십은 Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors™ 소프트웨어와 Sony의 HDR 이미지 센서 모델을 결합하여 저조도, 야간, 비, 눈, 안개 등 다양한 조건에서 AV 기능에 대한 포괄적인 테스트를 가능하게 합니다.
이 협력은 OEM 및 1차 공급업체가 가상 테스트를 통해 도로 주행 시간을 수천 시간 단축할 수 있도록 하여 개발 비용을 크게 줄이고 안전 검증을 개선합니다. AVxcelerate 플랫폼은 빛이 다양한 환경과 카메라 시스템을 통해 이동하는 방식 시뮬레이션하여 픽셀 특성과 신호 처리 기능을 높은 정확도로 재현합니다.
Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) annonce une collaboration avec Sony Semiconductor Solutions pour améliorer la validation des systèmes de perception dans les véhicules autonomes (AV) et les systèmes avancés d'assistance à la conduite (ADAS). Ce partenariat combine le logiciel Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors™ avec le modèle de capteur d'image HDR de Sony pour permettre des tests complets des fonctions AV dans diverses conditions, y compris faible luminosité, nuit, pluie, neige et brouillard.
La collaboration permet aux OEM et aux fournisseurs de premier niveau d'accélérer des milliers d'heures de conduite sur route grâce à des tests virtuels, réduisant ainsi considérablement les coûts de développement tout en améliorant la validation de la sécurité. La plateforme AVxcelerate simule comment la lumière se propage à travers divers environnements et systèmes de caméra, reproduisant les caractéristiques des pixels et les fonctions de traitement du signal avec une grande précision.
Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) kündigt eine Zusammenarbeit mit Sony Semiconductor Solutions an, um die Validierung von Wahrnehmungssystemen in autonomen Fahrzeugen (AV) und fortschrittlichen Fahrerassistenzsystemen (ADAS) zu verbessern. Die Partnerschaft kombiniert die Software Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors™ mit dem HDR-Bildsensor-Modell von Sony, um umfassende Tests der AV-Funktionen unter verschiedenen Bedingungen, einschließlich schwachem Licht, Nacht, Regen, Schnee und Nebel, zu ermöglichen.
Die Zusammenarbeit ermöglicht es OEMs und Tier-1-Zulieferern, Tausende von Fahrstunden auf der Straße durch virtuelle Tests zu beschleunigen, wodurch die Entwicklungskosten erheblich gesenkt und die Sicherheitsvalidierung verbessert werden. Die AVxcelerate-Plattform simuliert, wie Licht durch verschiedene Umgebungen und Kamerasysteme reist und reproduziert die Pixelmerkmale sowie Signalverarbeitungsfunktionen mit hoher Genauigkeit.
- Partnership with Sony enhances Ansys' autonomous vehicle testing capabilities
- Technology enables significant reduction in physical road testing requirements
- Platform compatibility with multiple simulation toolchains increases market reach
- Cloud-enabled solution offers improved computational power and accessibility
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This strategic collaboration marks a pivotal advancement in autonomous vehicle simulation technology. The integration of Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors with Sony's HDR Image Sensor Model creates a comprehensive virtual testing environment that could significantly reduce development cycles and validation costs for ADAS/AV manufacturers.
The platform's ability to simulate diverse weather conditions and lighting scenarios in real-time, combined with Sony's sensor expertise, addresses a critical industry bottleneck in perception system validation. This solution enables virtual validation of thousands of driving hours, potentially saving millions in physical testing costs while accelerating time-to-market.
The collaboration strengthens Ansys's position in the $40+ billion autonomous vehicle simulation market. For investors, this partnership demonstrates Ansys's execution of its growth strategy in the automotive sector, particularly as regulatory requirements for AV safety validation become more stringent.
This collaboration addresses a important pain point in ADAS/AV development - the challenge of comprehensive sensor validation across diverse environmental conditions. By enabling high-fidelity simulation of Sony's HDR imagers, OEMs can now validate perception systems more efficiently, potentially reducing development timelines by 30-40%.
The platform's compatibility with various simulation toolchains and cloud enablement positions it as a scalable solution for major automotive manufacturers. The ability to test Software-on-Chip perception systems in a virtual environment represents a significant competitive advantage in the race to achieve higher levels of vehicle autonomy.
For Ansys, this partnership with Sony, a leading sensor manufacturer, enhances its value proposition to automotive clients and could drive increased adoption of its simulation solutions across the ADAS/AV development ecosystem.
Collaboration empowers OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to reliably evaluate and verify performance of ADAS/AV functionality in all weather and lighting conditions
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- Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors™ autonomous vehicle (AV) sensor simulation software provides real-time multispectral camera simulation for scenario-based perception testing
- Leveraging both AVxcelerate Sensors and Sony's high dynamic range (HDR) Image Sensor Model, OEMs can test advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and AV functions, accounting for sensor behavior in diverse driving scenarios including low light, nighttime, rain, snow, and fog
- Real-time perception feedback significantly accelerates road testing requirements in a virtual environment, enhancing AV safety validation and lowering development costs
ADAS and AV systems rely on camera, radar, and LiDAR sensor-based perception systems to accurately evaluate the environmental surroundings and conditions that inform navigational decisions. Without reliable validation of these systems, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers risk increased safety issues, heightened regulatory challenges, and reduced trust. Ansys and Sony address these factors by enabling a high-fidelity simulation of camera sensors — improving performance, mitigating risk, and accelerating development times to streamline safety compliance.
The AVxcelerate Sensors platform generates a virtual environment with varied lighting, weather, and material conditions to simulate how light travels through the environment, the camera lens, and then hits the imager. Coupled with Sony's sensor model, this simulation can reproduce pixel characteristics, signal processing functions, and system functions of Sony's HDR imager with extreme predictive accuracy. This simulation model enables users to conduct robust, scenario-based testing — with either pre-defined inputs or real-time feedback — for Sony's HDR imager-based perception systems, improving accuracy, reliability, and safety in ADAS and AV applications.
To minimize on-road testing, combined simulations can inject images into advanced Software-on-Chip perception systems. Simultaneously, an electronic control unit, used to control functions like engine management and transmission, is integrated into this simulated environment to test its performance. This approach ensures the entire simulation process, from sensors to processing chips, is accurate and reliable.
"Achieving full autonomy involves OEMs working with leading technology providers like Ansys to enhance the accuracy of the integrated tools used to validate AV systems," said Tomoki Seita, general manager, automotive business division, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation. "Through this collaboration, customers can confidently verify their systems using highly reproducible, predictively accurate simulations. This is especially useful for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers that run actual camera simulations to verify recognition algorithms and vehicle control software."
In addition, the AVxcelerate platform is compatible with many customer-specific simulation toolchains, including open-source or other commercial simulators, is highly scalable, and is cloud-enabled for improved computational power and broad accessibility. This workflow allows designers to generate realistic images to assess performance before the sensor is assembled or generate a virtual training dataset at scale.
"Meeting safety compliance is a top priority for our OEM customers, but it is incredibly difficult to achieve due to the number of scenarios that need to be tested," said Shane Emswiler, senior vice president of products at Ansys. "Ansys offers a breadth of multiphysics simulation solutions to make AVs safer and more reliable while accelerating the development process. With AVxcelerate Sensors, users can replicate on-road decision-making in a high-fidelity virtual environment, enhancing predictive accuracy and transforming the way companies design and test AVs."
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