Hyundai Mobis Secures the First Deep Learning Image Recognition Camera Sensor in Korea

On March 31, Hyundai
Mobis (KRX:012330), announced during its meeting at the KINTEX Seoul
Motor Show that the company would be the first in Korea to secure the
global-caliber ‘deep learning-based high-performance image recognition
technology’ for recognizing vehicles, pedestrians and geographical
features of the road by the end of the year, and begin to mass-produce
front camera sensors supporting autonomous driving in 2022.

The ‘deep learning-based image recognition technology’ consists of
‘image recognition artificial intelligence’ that uses the automation
technique to learn image data. If Hyundai Mobis acquires the technology
this year, the company will possess most of the software and hardware
technologies applied to autonomous driving camera sensors. In
particular, it is planning to elevate the object recognition
performance, which is the essence of the image recognition technology,
to a level equal to that of global leaders.

“The deep learning computing technology, capable of learning a trillion
units of data per second, is greatly improving the quality and
reliability of image recognition data,” said Mr. Lee Jin-eon, head of
the autonomous driving development department of Hyundai Mobis, at this
meeting. He added, “The amount of manually collected data used to
determine the global competitiveness of autonomous driving image
recognition, but not anymore.”

To apply the deep learning technology to cameras, Hyundai Mobis will
also reinforce collaboration with Hyundai Motor Company. The company is
planning to apply the deep learning-based image recognition technology
not only to the front camera sensors for autonomous driving, but also to
the 360° Surround View Monitor (SVM) through joint development with
global automakers.

If the image recognition technology for detecting objects is applied to
the Surround View Monitor, which has been used for parking assistance,
automatic control will become possible, involving emergency braking to
prevent front and broadside collisions during low-speed driving. Hyundai
Mobis is planning to secure differentiated competitiveness in cameras
and diversify its product portfolios by expanding the application of the
image recognition technology.

In addition, the company will combine this image recognition technology
with the radar that it already proprietarily developed, enhance the
performance of sensors through data convergence (sensor fusion) between
cameras and radars, and enhance its technological competitiveness in
autonomous driving.

To this end, Hyundai Mobis doubled the number of image recognition
researchers in the technical centers in Korea and abroad over the past 2
years. Currently, it will increase the number of test vehicles, used
exclusively for image recognition, among the 10 or more ‘M.Billy’
autonomous driving test cars, which Hyundai Mobis is operating around
the world, from 2 to 5 by the end of this year. The company is also
planning to increase investment in related infrastructure by 20% each
year.

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