Here Technologies: Software for Navigation, ADAS, and Autonomous Driving

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The company Here Technologies, based in the Netherlands, has introduced new technology for software-defined vehicles (SDVs) that aims to integrate navigation, driver assistance systems (ADAS), navigation on autopilot (NOA), and automated driving.

Unified Map and Software Basis for SDVs

Here's software combines AI-powered live maps with an SDK for navigation and ADAS. The goal is to reduce the complexity of fragmented vehicle architectures, integrate previously separate systems, and lower integration effort.

This is because vehicles often use different map databases for various purposes. The same map base in the Here SDK serves both classic navigation and graphical interfaces for driver assistance systems. With Here's software, car manufacturers are expected to save costs, accelerate development, simplify software, and offer a coherent user experience.

Development in a Virtual Environment

For the development phase, Here offers, among other things, the “SDV Accelerator” in collaboration with AWS. Digital cockpits can be designed and tested there in a virtual environment. This also includes simulations of E-Horizon technology, which provides route information beyond the range of vehicle sensors for predictive assistance functions, and the AI tool SceneXtract for generating test scenarios.

Autonomous Steering and Braking Maneuvers Like a Human

In the vehicle, the SDV software combines live map data, E-Horizon technology, and the Here SDK. The extended SDK supports lane-specific routing and the rendering of individual lanes. The driver assistance system displays the vehicle, including lane visualization and surrounding objects, on the map.

To support “Navigation on Autopilot” and automated driving functions, Here is introducing so-called “Behavioral Maneuvers,” which the company has created based on anonymized data from millions of vehicles.

The AI is intended to react with smooth, natural steering and braking maneuvers during autonomous driving, feeling more human-like and less robotic. This is intended to increase driver trust in the systems and ensure that they are deactivated less frequently than before.

Partnerships and Use in Series Vehicles

In parallel, Here is showcasing integrations with partners such as Qualcomm, Amazon, Hyundai AutoEver, and Lucid: Here provides navigation map data for the infotainment platforms of Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles in North America, location-based data to support Lucid's ADAS suite, and AI-powered maps for Qualcomm's Snapdragon Ride pilot system for ADAS and automated driving.

According to manufacturer information, the company's map and location services are now used in 238 million vehicles from over 40 automotive manufacturers and more than 90 brands worldwide. More than 63 million vehicles use Here technology for ADAS and automated driving functions.

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