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In the parking lot, when the parking space is crowded and the vehicle is inconvenient to open the door, the owner can use the intelligent calling function to easily let the vehicle out of the parking space. The requirement of this function is that the vehicle must be in the sight range of the owner or the operator. If it is an underground parking lot with poor signal, or a multi-layer parking lot, the intelligent calling function will become no longer intelligent. Recently, wavesense, a start-up company, developed a new technology based on "ground penetrating radar", which can realize the remote calling function even if the vehicle is beyond the range of vision of the owner. For example, when the vehicle is located in a multi-storey parking lot, wavesense's radar technology can detect a space of three meters below the ground, which can properly solve the parking problem in a multi-storey parking lot. In addition, this radar technology does not need GPS technology in the automatic parking operation. It is undoubtedly an ideal solution for the "maze" design of parking lot. Wavesense collects the underground target data of "ground penetrating radar", which can be combined with GPS signal to draw a unique underground scene map, which is an important navigation data for autonomous vehicles. Different from the conventional map, the underground scene map can track and draw unique underground objects, the latter rarely changes, which can provide a new visual dimension and reference object for vehicles. There is no doubt that the intelligent construction of infrastructure can provide users with a sense of security, but it is not clear how many parking lot operating companies are willing to spend a lot of money to equip the garage with a large number of intelligent sensors and communication technology. Wavesense believes that whether it is a spacious open parking space or a multi-level large parking lot, wavesense's radar technology can help to realize self-service parking, and can be compatible with the structure of various parking lots without any changes to the infrastructure. According to the forecast, users are expected to use wavesense's radar technology by 2023-2024.