Ouster Introduces 3D Zone Monitoring for REV7 Digital Lidar Products
Ouster (NASDAQ: OUST) has introduced on-sensor 3D Zone Monitoring for its REV7 digital lidar products, a groundbreaking feature that enables lidar sensors to detect objects within custom-defined zones and trigger real-time alerts. This advancement will be available through a firmware update to REV7 customers.
The new feature includes capabilities such as creating up to 128 distinct 3D zones, real-time monitoring of up to 16 zones, configurable filters to reduce false positives, dynamic zone switching based on vehicle inputs, and parallel data processing. The technology primarily supports collision avoidance on moving vehicles like forklifts.
This innovation marks Ouster's first embedding of perception logic directly into 3D digital lidar, addressing limitations of existing 2D industrial lidar sensors. The company expects this development to expand its addressable market in the billion-dollar industrial lidar sector while simplifying customer development processes.
Ouster (NASDAQ: OUST) ha introdotto il Monitoraggio 3D delle Zone direttamente sul sensore per i suoi prodotti lidar digitali REV7, una funzionalità innovativa che consente ai sensori lidar di rilevare oggetti all'interno di zone definite su misura e di attivare avvisi in tempo reale. Questo progresso sarà disponibile tramite un aggiornamento del firmware per i clienti REV7.
La nuova funzionalità include capacità come la creazione di fino a 128 zone 3D distinte, il monitoraggio in tempo reale di fino a 16 zone, filtri configurabili per ridurre i falsi positivi, commutazione dinamica delle zone basata sugli input del veicolo e elaborazione dati parallela. La tecnologia supporta principalmente l'evitamento delle collisioni su veicoli in movimento come i carrelli elevatori.
Questa innovazione segna il primo inserimento della logica di percezione direttamente nel lidar digitale 3D da parte di Ouster, affrontando le limitazioni dei sensori lidar industriali 2D esistenti. L'azienda prevede che questo sviluppo allargherà il suo mercato indirizzabile nel settore del lidar industriale da miliardi di dollari, semplificando nel contempo i processi di sviluppo dei clienti.
Ouster (NASDAQ: OUST) ha introducido el Monitoreo 3D de Zonas en el sensor para sus productos lidar digitales REV7, una característica innovadora que permite a los sensores lidar detectar objetos dentro de zonas definidas a medida y activar alertas en tiempo real. Este avance estará disponible a través de una actualización de firmware para los clientes de REV7.
La nueva función incluye capacidades como la creación de hasta 128 zonas 3D distintas, monitoreo en tiempo real de hasta 16 zonas, filtros configurables para reducir falsos positivos, conmutación dinámica de zonas basada en las entradas del vehículo y procesamiento de datos en paralelo. La tecnología apoya principalmente la prevención de colisiones en vehículos en movimiento como montacargas.
Esta innovación marca la primera incorporación de lógica de percepción directamente en el lidar digital 3D por parte de Ouster, abordando las limitaciones de los sensores lidar industriales 2D existentes. La empresa espera que este desarrollo amplíe su mercado direccionable en el sector del lidar industrial de miles de millones de dólares, al tiempo que simplifica los procesos de desarrollo para los clientes.
아우스터 (NASDAQ: OUST)는 REV7 디지털 라이다 제품에 대해 3D 존 모니터링 기능을 도입했습니다. 이 혁신적인 기능은 라이다 센서가 맞춤형으로 정의된 구역 내의 물체를 감지하고 실시간 경고를 발동할 수 있게 합니다. 이 발전은 REV7 고객을 위한 펌웨어 업데이트를 통해 제공될 예정입니다.
새로운 기능은 최대 128개의 개별 3D 존 생성, 최대 16개 존의 실시간 모니터링, 오탐지를 줄이기 위한 구성 가능한 필터, 차량 입력에 따른 동적 존 전환, 병렬 데이터 처리와 같은 기능을 포함합니다. 이 기술은 주로 지게차와 같은 이동 차량의 충돌 방지를 지원합니다.
이 혁신은 아우스터가 3D 디지털 라이다에 인식 논리를 직접 내장한 첫 사례로, 기존 2D 산업 라이다 센서의 한계를 극복하고 있습니다. 회사는 이 개발이 수십억 달러 규모의 산업 라이다 시장을 확장하고 고객 개발 프로세스를 간소화할 것으로 기대하고 있습니다.
Ouster (NASDAQ: OUST) a introduit le Suivi 3D des Zones sur ses produits lidar numériques REV7, une fonctionnalité révolutionnaire qui permet aux capteurs lidar de détecter des objets dans des zones définies sur mesure et de déclencher des alertes en temps réel. Cette avancée sera disponible via une mise à jour du firmware pour les clients de REV7.
La nouvelle fonctionnalité comprend des capacités telles que la création de jusqu'à 128 zones 3D distinctes, la surveillance en temps réel de jusqu'à 16 zones, des filtres configurables pour réduire les faux positifs, un changement dynamique de zone basé sur les entrées du véhicule et un traitement des données en parallèle. La technologie soutient principalement l'évitement des collisions sur des véhicules en mouvement comme les chariots élévateurs.
Cette innovation marque la première intégration de la logique de perception directement dans le lidar numérique 3D d'Ouster, répondant ainsi aux limitations des capteurs lidar industriels 2D existants. L'entreprise s'attend à ce que ce développement élargisse son marché adressable dans le secteur du lidar industriel de plusieurs milliards de dollars tout en simplifiant les processus de développement pour les clients.
Ouster (NASDAQ: OUST) hat das 3D-Zonenmonitoring für seine REV7-Digital-Lidar-Produkte eingeführt, eine bahnbrechende Funktion, die es Lidar-Sensoren ermöglicht, Objekte innerhalb maßgeschneiderter Zonen zu erkennen und Echtzeitwarnungen auszulösen. Dieser Fortschritt wird über ein Firmware-Update für REV7-Kunden verfügbar sein.
Die neue Funktion umfasst Möglichkeiten wie die Erstellung von bis zu 128 verschiedenen 3D-Zonen, Echtzeitüberwachung von bis zu 16 Zonen, konfigurierbare Filter zur Reduzierung von Fehlalarmen, dynamisches Zonenswitching basierend auf Fahrzeugdaten und parallele Datenverarbeitung. Die Technologie unterstützt hauptsächlich die Kollisionserkennung bei beweglichen Fahrzeugen wie Gabelstaplern.
Diese Innovation markiert Ousters erste Einbettung von Wahrnehmungslogik direkt in das 3D-Digital-Lidar und adressiert die Einschränkungen bestehender 2D-industrieller Lidar-Sensoren. Das Unternehmen erwartet, dass diese Entwicklung seinen adressierbaren Markt im milliardenschweren industriellen Lidar-Sektor erweitern und gleichzeitig die Entwicklungsprozesse der Kunden vereinfachen wird.
- First-to-market with embedded perception logic in 3D digital lidar
- Expands addressable market in billion-dollar industrial lidar sector
- Reduces customer development time and resources
- Enhances product capabilities with 128 distinct zones and 16 real-time monitoring zones
- Implementation success depends on upcoming firmware release
- Requires existing customers to update firmware to access features
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Ouster's introduction of 3D Zone Monitoring for its REV7 digital lidar sensors represents a significant technological advancement in the lidar market. By embedding perception logic directly into the hardware, Ouster has effectively created a hybrid solution that bridges the capabilities gap between traditional 2D industrial lidar (used for basic safety applications) and high-performance 3D lidar systems.
The technical implementation is particularly noteworthy - allowing for 128 distinct 3D zones with simultaneous monitoring of 16 zones while maintaining parallel processing capabilities. This dual functionality means customers can leverage both safety monitoring and advanced perception simultaneously without additional computational overhead.
This firmware-based enhancement creates substantial differentiation against competitors by addressing a critical market need: simplified integration for industrial automation applications. By embedding intelligence directly in the sensor, Ouster reduces the systems integration complexity that has traditionally slowed adoption in industrial settings. This follows the broader technology trend of edge computing, where processing happens closer to the data source rather than in centralized systems.
What makes this particularly strategic is that Ouster is delivering this as a firmware update to existing REV7 customers rather than requiring new hardware purchases. This both enhances the value proposition for current customers and potentially accelerates sales cycles for new customers by lowering implementation barriers.
From an industrial automation perspective, Ouster's 3D Zone Monitoring directly addresses critical pain points in material handling and warehouse automation. Traditional 2D safety lidars have been industry standard for collision avoidance but suffer from fundamental limitations in field-of-view and resolution that restrict the development of more flexible robotic systems.
The timing is excellent as warehouses and manufacturing facilities increasingly need more sophisticated obstacle detection beyond simple emergency stopping. The dynamic zone switching feature that responds to vehicle inputs like speed and steering angle represents a significant operational advantage, enabling more fluid vehicle movement while maintaining safety compliance.
For industrial customers, this capability dramatically reduces development overhead. Rather than building complex perception stacks from scratch, developers can leverage pre-configured safety zones while simultaneously accessing the raw point cloud for more advanced operations. This dual-use functionality effectively turns one sensor into two distinct systems, potentially reducing both hardware costs and integration complexity.
The configurable filters for reducing false positives in the presence of obscurants (like dust or steam) are particularly valuable in industrial environments where such conditions are common and false emergency stops are operationally costly.
This development positions Ouster to capture market share from traditional 2D safety lidar providers while offering a more comprehensive solution that supports the industry's progression toward increasingly autonomous operations in material handling applications.
- First time perception logic has been embedded directly into 3D digital lidar
- Feature expected to unlock further expansion into the billion dollar market for 2D industrial lidar
3D digital lidar for warehouse automation
Existing 2D industrial lidar sensors typically offer 2D zone monitoring that allows simple mobile platforms to detect and avoid obstacles, but these sensors suffer from limited field of view and low resolution that make it difficult to detect all obstacles and enable the next generation of flexible industrial robotics. For the first time, Ouster is embedding 3D zone monitoring directly into the REV7 OS0, OS1 and OSDome sensor lineup, allowing customers to take advantage of the convenience and security of on-board zone monitoring in high performance 3D digital lidar.
3D Zone Monitoring’s primary functionality supports collision avoidance on moving vehicles, such as forklifts, with warnings, deceleration, and emergency stop. This feature addition is the result of significant demand from material handling customers, which will enable them to reduce the development time of collision avoidance systems while still leveraging the 3D point cloud data and freeing up software development resources and compute power for other tasks.
Key features include:
- Custom 3D Zones: Create and store up to 128 distinct 3D zones on-sensor for flexible monitoring.
- Real-Time Monitoring: Actively monitor up to 16 zones with real-time statistics.
- Configurable Filters: Reduce false positives in the presence of obscurants with tunable filters for each zone.
- Dynamic Zone Switching: Rapidly switch between active zones based on vehicle inputs such as speed and steer angle.
- Parallel Data Processing: Monitor zones and simultaneously output raw point cloud data for more complex tasks.
“Introducing 3D Zone Monitoring on REV7 sensors is a major step towards becoming an autonomy company,” said Ouster CEO Angus Pacala. “This feature will immediately serve our warehouse automation and industrial customers, and we expect it to unlock additional opportunities across all our markets.”
3D Zone Monitoring will be made available to Ouster customers using REV7 digital lidar products through its upcoming Firmware 3.2 release. For more information, visit: https://ouster.com/industries/zone-monitoring.
About Ouster
Ouster (Nasdaq: OUST) is a leading global provider of high-resolution scanning and solid-state lidar sensors and software solutions for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries. Ouster is on a mission to build a safer and more sustainable future by offering affordable, high-performance sensors that drive mass adoption across a wide variety of applications. Ouster is headquartered in
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