Ultrasonic close-range sensors have joined radar in the trash bin over at Tesla, which going forward will build its cars with only cameras onboard to power its driver assistance and collision ...

Tesla moves to reliance solely on cameras for Autopilot operation, dropping ultrasonic sensors and radar. The automaker will leave some features disabled in new cars until cameras can replace the ...

The company intends to restore these features once they perform equally well using its camera-based system. As with the removal of its ultrasonic sensors, the removal of radar last year resulted ...

Tesla's original Autopilot suite featured eight cameras, forward-facing radar, and a host of ultrasonic sensors. The company insists that if a car is going to drive like a human, it needs to "see ...

Hands-free driving on select divided highways Uses 11 cameras, 5 radars, and 12 ultrasonic sensors for full 360 degree perception Automatic steering, braking, and acceleration Driver Monitoring ...

These models used to be equipped with camera systems, radar, and 12 ultrasonic sensors but will now rely solely on the camera system. The transition to cars without radar and ultrasonic sensors ...

In the same way a dog instinctively shakes itself clean, ultrasonic lens cleaning technology uses precisely controlled vibrations to self-clean camera lenses when they become dirty or wet. As the ...

Ultrasonic sensors are used primarily for parking ... from the sensors actually detracts from the performance of its camera systems. “Given the incremental improvements already achieved ...

DALLAS, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today introduced the first purpose-built semiconductors with ultrasonic lens cleaning (ULC) technology, enabling camera ...

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: A configurable digital signal processor, driver, and piezoelectric transducer generate precisely controlled vibrations to remove debris from a camera lens or lens ...