Mobileye’s SeeQ® offers a compact and powerful processing platform for computationally intensive real time visual recognition and scene interpretation applications. The SeeQ® core processing unit includes the EyeQ™ - Mobileye’s powerful vision system on a chip, a High Dynamic Range CMOS image sensor, Flash and SDRAM memories.
1. Technology
SeeQ Single Board Automotive Vision System
®
An advanced stand-alone camera and vision processing module for
automotive applications
Features
Highlights
Mobileye’s SeeQ® offers a compact and powerful processing
• Compact platform for computationally
platform for computationally intensive real time visual recognition
and scene interpretation applications. The SeeQ® core processing intensive real time visual recognition
unit includes the EyeQ™ - Mobileye’s powerful vision system on a
• Mobileye’s EyeQTM vision system on a chip
chip, a High Dynamic Range CMOS image sensor, Flash and SDRAM
memories. The board supports two communication channels, CAN (VSoC)
bus and serial RS232/485 interfaces. The board has a protected
• 110 dB High Dynamic Range CMOS VGA Image
power supply and expansion connector. The SeeQ®’s compact
dimensions (33mmx65mm) allow integration into vehicle trimmings Sensor
such as the rearview mirror base or inside the side-view mirror
• Meets automotive in-cabin qualification
housing. The SeeQ® board is based on Mobileye’s EyeQ™ vision
system on a chip (VSoC) that runs Mobileye’s range of driver assistance requirements
applications. The EyeQ™ capabilities include lane detection, road
• Low power consumption
geometry estimation, vehicle detection and pedestrian detection.
Mobileye’s unique monocular vision algorithms support two major • Built-in CAN 2.0 A/B
capabilities. In vehicle detection, it provides target classification
and measurement of range, relative speed, azimuth and • Highly integrated/small size
time-to-contact. In road vision, it provides lateral position,
road slope, and road curvature, and marking type.
12-bit images at 640 x 480 pixel resolution. Typical lens that
The SeeQ® board also serves as the processing platform for may be used with the sensor is a standard 3-element glass lens
Mobileye’s Advance Warning System (AWS™) product. The offers a horizontal field-of-view of 40 degrees.
Mobileye-AWS system includes the forward collision warning,
headway monitoring and warning, and lane departure warning Data Interface Channels
features as well as optional event data recording (EDR) capabilities. The SeeQ® includes two data interface channels - One CAN 2.0
The main purpose of the AWS system is to improve the driving A/B channel at a rate of up to 500Kbps, and an additional channel
experience by increasing awareness to dangerous situations and which can be either an identical CAN channel or a RS232/485
alerting the driver. The EDR feature records driver performance serial interface.
for monitoring and scoring.
The data channels can be used for:
High Dynamic Range Camera
• Receiving vehicle data (e.g. speed, braking, turn signals)
The SeeQ® on-board camera is designed to work in a wide range
• Communicating with HMI modules that generate visual and
of challenging lighting situations such as low sun and fast transitions audio warning signals (e.g. Mobileye AWS HMI module)
between dark and bright scenes such as tunnel entrances and
exits. The camera is based on the Micron MT9 V023 high dynamic • Communicating with on-board controllers and fleet
range CMOS Image sensor. An advanced context-based Automatic management units
Gain Control program allows optimal utilization of the sensor’s • Software updates
dynamic range. The camera captures up to 30 FPS monochromatic • In Car navigation system
2. Compliance with safety and EMI standards
Features
Technical Information
The SeeQ® is certified by ISO 2004/104/EC, CE and UL certification
laboratories.
General Specifications
Applications • Rated Voltage 12/32 Volt Direct Current
• Operating Voltage 6-60 Volts
The SeeQ® supports the following applications: • Power dissipation 2W (nominal)
• Operating Temperature -40°C to +85°C
Forward looking
• Storage Temperature -40°C to +150°C
• Lane Departure Warning (LDW) • Dimensions 65mm x 33mm x 10mm
• Heading control / Lane keeping (steering) • Weight Approx. 20gr
• Collision mitigation EyeQ™ Vision Processor
• Forward Collision Warning (FCW) • 110 MHz clock rate running seven parallel processors
• Two ARM946E 32bit CPUs with DSP extensions.
• Pedestrian protection • Four 64bit Vision Computing Engines (VCE)
• Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) • Eight channels DMA
• 64bit width 288KB on-chip SRAM
• Stop and Go ACC / Low speed following • Peripherals – 32bit SDRAM Controller, 16bit Flash/SRAM
• Headway monitoring and warning Controller, I2C
• Master Controller, UART Controller and two CAN
• Traffic sign recognition
Master/Slave interfaces.
• Fusion with Radar/Lidar range sensors • Two High Dynamic Range CMOS Cameras (HDRC)
• Night vision (Far-IR and NIR) glue-less interface.
• Intelligent high-beam control Camera
• Micron 10bit mt9 v023
Side mirrors • Optical Format 1/3-inch
• Blind spot detection • Active imager size 4.51mm(H) x 2.88mm(V)
5.35mm diagonal
• Lane change assist
• Active pixels 752(H) x 480(V)
Rear-facing • Pixel size 6.0µm x 6.0µm
• Color filter array Monochrome or color RGB
• Reverse obstacle warning
Bayer pattern
• Rear-end collision warning and pre-crash • Shutter type Global shutter-TrueSNAP™
• Max. data rate/Master clock 26.6MPS/26.6 MHZ
Optional expansion modules • Full resolution 752 x 480
• AWS display unit for driver controls and audio-visual • Frame rate 60 fps (at full resolution)
representation of the warnings generated by the SeeQ®. • ADC resolution 10-bit column-parallel
• Responsivity 4.8V/lux-sec (550nm)
• Dynamic range >55dB linear
>80dB-100Db in HiDy mode
• Supply voltage 3.3V + 0.3V (all supplies)
• Power consumption <320µW at max. data rate
100µw at standby current
• Operating temp. -40˚c to +85˚c
• Packaging 52-ball IBGA, automotive
qualified; wafer or die
Automatic Gain Control of the image sensor for high
dynamic range
• f/stop 1.8
• Focal length 6mm
• Back focal 8.3mm
• Angle of view 40˚ (horizontal)
• Iris Fixed
• Lens 3 Elements M12 Glass Lens
• Focus 20cm to infinty
• Weight 5.5g
Glue-less direct interface to the on-board Vision
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