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According to foreign media reports, Continental has developed a new type of automotive solid-state 3D flash laser radar (hfl110), and is pushing its samples to the commercial vehicle market. This lidar enhances the strength of the existing ADAS sensor suite and 2D color sensors in the mainland. (picture source: Continental official website) in the 3D flash lidar, the smart pixel focal plane array captures the laser pulse of each frame of data, and then the laser pulse of each frame of data transmits the distance data and black-and-white video back to the lidar sensor. The synchronous 2D sensor can identify whether the traffic light is green or red. The 3D flash lidar can provide an accurate 3D traffic light image and display the distance from the traffic light. The combination of these two technologies makes the system more powerful and reliable. Compared with other radar systems, 3D flash lidar can provide more precise optical angle resolution and higher accuracy, especially in urban environment including still / mobile vehicles, buildings, pedestrians and other objects of different sizes. The laser pulse emitted by 3D flash lidar is beyond the wavelength of visible light, which conforms to the first level of human eye safety standard. The company said the hfl110 sensor has a speed of up to 330 nanoseconds per frame and can provide detailed and accurate 3D images at any time and under weather conditions. The new 3D flash lidar hfl110 sensor is designed for close range detection (approximately 164 feet or less). The sensor is not affected by vibration or velocity distortion, and can generate high-resolution 3D point cloud 25 times per second in 120 degree field of view. Hfl110 has multiple precise distance measurement functions, which can capture 4096 continuous depth data pixels in real time in the whole field of vision. The continuous pixels captured by hfl110 can tolerate high or low reflectance surfaces nearby, generate a list of point clouds and / or objects, and define and track the vehicle's environment and moving objects. In addition, the lidar integrates a heater and optional automatic cleaning system, and can also be combined with the mainland's radar and 2D camera. The innovative 3D flash lidar with high resolution can complement current environmental sensors to achieve high altitude and full automatic driving.