Title:SPAD Depth Sensors for Automotive LiDAR [Sony Official]

《Music plays》

《A woman wearing white clothes is walking slowly on the top of a high-rise building. 》

《“SPAD ToF Depth Sensor Move the MIRROR WORLD” is displayed in white text. 》

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「What is in a photon?」

《“What is in a photon?” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《A small white light appears in front of the woman. 》

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「Open your eyes, a whole new world,」

《“Open your eyes - a whole new world” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《The woman points a finger at that white light. 》

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「a new fantastic point of cloud, take you wonder by wonder.」

《“a new fantastic point of cloud, take you wonder by wonder” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《The woman’s finger touches the white light and it bursts open. A black circle widens out from there and as it envelops the town, the surroundings are replaced with point cloud data. 》

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「LiDAR that’s moving the world.」

《“LiDAR that’s moving the world” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《Against a black background, an image of an automotive LiDAR product is shown on the left side and the text “Sony’s Automotive LiDAR” is displayed on the right side. 》

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「The future of autonomous driving」

《“The future of autonomous driving” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《The image switches to a bird’s eye view of a townscape with many expressways running in all directions. 》

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「LiDAR technology uses near-infrared light to detect objects around a vehicle」

《“LiDAR technology uses near-infrared light to detect objects around a vehicle ” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《An expressway is stretching in a straight line over the sea. The image is looking down on one car that is traveling on that expressway.The image is overlaid with CG showing the area where the LiDAR mounted on the car is recognizing the 360 degrees around the car. 》

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「Fully autonomous cars are designed to drive themselves」

《“Fully autonomous cars are designed to drive themselves” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《Moving images show the Sony VISION-S traveling on a test course. 》

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「Autonomous driving-」

《“Autonomous driving-” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

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「Make your workspace,」

《“Make your workspace,” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《A man is working as the point cloud townscape flows by. 》

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「make your private time,」

《“make your private time,” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《The scene of the man spending time with his family is shown. 》

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「make you feel inspired」

《“make you feel inspired” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《A scene is shown where the man is standing in front of a canvas and painting a picture. 》

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「Curiosity propels Sony forward」

《“Curiosity propels Sony forward” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《Moving images show the Sony VISION-S traveling on a test course. 》

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「SPADs are utilized to amplify incident photon signal.」

《“SPADs are utilized to amplify incident photon signal.” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《A white light floats up in front of a woman’s face and bursts. 》

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「SPADs and signal processing circuit on a single chip.」

《“SPADs and signal processing circuit on a single chip.” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《CG animation is displayed, showing the SPAD pixels and distance processing circuits being stacked and made into one chip, and then that chip being incorporated into mechanical LiDAR, which is transparent so that the internal mechanisms are visible. 》

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「Distance is measured by the time it takes to reflect off objects.」

《“Distance is measured by the time it takes to reflect off objects.” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《CG animation is displayed, showing the action of the laser beams coming out of the mechanical LiDAR, being reflected off objects, and being received by the SPAD pixels. 》

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「What is the mirror world?」

《“What is the mirror world?” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《There are moving images of the townscape seen from the car as it travels the town at night. 》

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「The eyes of an autonomous car.」

《“The eyes of an autonomous car.” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

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「LiDAR enables us to duplicate the physical world in a digital.」

《“LiDAR enables us to duplicate the physical world in a digital.” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《The scenes of the town are replaced with 3D images constructed from LiDAR point cloud data. 》

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「Angle, Accuracy, Clarity, Distance, Motion,」

《“Angle, Accuracy, Clarity, Distance, Motion,” is displayed in order at the bottom of the image as the images change. 》

《Scenes are shown that use the point cloud to express each of Angle, Accuracy, Clarity, Distance, Motion. 》

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「The era of digital twins and the mirror world.」

《“The era of digital twins and the mirror world.” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《Moving images show the Sony VISION-S traveling on a test course. 》

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「To spark imaginations and enrich society through the power of technology.」

《“To spark imaginations and enrich society through the power of technology.” is displayed at the bottom of the image. 》

《A woman is on top of a building formed of CG that gives the impression of the point cloud. The CG building switches to an actual photograph. 》

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「SPAD Time of flight Depth Sensor」

《The text “IMX459 With the all-new SPAD ToF Depth Sensor for Automotive LiDAR Applications” and the IMX459 sensor image are shown against a black background. 》

《The music ends. 》

《The video ends with the Sony logo. 》