Project description
Safer roads with cutting-edge vision technology
Road accidents are the eighth-leading cause of death worldwide, with poor weather, hazardous road conditions, and distracted or fatigued driving contributing to nearly 70 % of these incidents. Current driving monitoring systems and advanced driver-assistance systems struggle in such conditions, offering limited support and failing to meet safety standards. One factor missing is the ability to detect short-wave infrared light, which enhances visibility in fog, at night, and other low-visibility situations. The EIC-funded CHEERS project will develop a multi-spectral image sensor with an electronic structure able to selectively detect both visible-near infrared and short-wave infrared light within every pixel. This sensor offers scalability and cost-efficiency. Beyond automotive applications, CHEERS also paves the way for industrial automation and consumer electronics.
Objective
According to the World Health Organisation, road accidents are the eighth-biggest cause of death worldwide. Bad weather, dangerous road conditions, and distracted or fatigued driving account for nearly 70% of all accidents. Current Driving Monitoring Systems (DMS) and Advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) underperform in harsh conditions, do not guarantee high standards of security and simply do not provide the needed supportive information to drivers: SWIR (Short-wave infrared) is what is missing. SWIR light, thanks to its peculiar physical properties, allows for better vision in critical visibility conditions such as fog, night, dusk and dawn.
CHEERS - Chip-scALe visiBLE-iNfrared imaGing sEnsor- aims at developing a multi-spectral image sensor which, thanks to a unique patented electronic structure, is capable of selectively detecting the visible-near infrared (VIS-NIR) and SWIR regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Being based on Si and Ge photodiodes monolithically integrated in a single device, EYE4NIR technology is fully compatible with mainstream foundry processes, harnessing their scalability and cost-efficiency to its advantage, as opposite to
current SWIR imaging technologies.The robustness of our approach is proven by very promising results on lab-scale prototypes.
Within CHEERS, EYE4NIR, a fabless image sensor supplier, aims at manufacturing a first HD VIS/SWIR chip ready for high-volume productions. Target market is automotive where the demand for DMS and ADAS is growing (also because of regulatory constraints)
and where price makes the difference. CHEERS is effective, reliable and versatile. Being an enabling technology, it can be implemented in other application domains such as industrial automation, consumer electronics and non-invasive quality control.
Semiconductors are key for Europe's competitive leadership in the era of the digital economy; EYE4NIR aims to grow and become a key fabless player in the ecosystem.
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HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC)
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23801 Calolziocorte
Italy
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