Products

As hands-free and autonomous driving technology arrives in more vehicles, DMP North America believes trust is an essential component to consumer adoption of hands-off driving technology. We support OEMs in increasing driver confidence in this new technology by providing reliable and accurate map data. We work diligently to avoid gaps or edge cases that may result in any loss of customer trust.

Predicated on ground truth and an absolute-accurate map, DMP NA creates products which are customer-centric, flexible, evolving, safety-focused, robust, and cost efficient.

Our best-practices approach and attention to quality enables quick development, HD maps that are uniquely reliable and affordable, and provide the world’s most advanced driving systems with unparalleled confidence and superior vehicle control.

Automotive HD Map

In 2017, DMP NA’s HD Map product became the world’s first HD map used in mass production. The result of a decade of collaboration with OEM ADAS engineers, the HD map contains qualified features which establish the L2 ADAS system’s operational design domain (ODD), provide context to sensor fusion, and supports intuitive handovers between driver and vehicle.

Highlights of DMP NA’s HD Map:

Absolute accuracy of <15 cm RMSE of safety-critical road features
Road-class coverage of more than 500,000 miles (805,000 km) in the U.S. and Canada
More than 400 map attributes to select from
Map updates to ensure a practical level of freshness
DMP’s quality assurance methods ensure the highest delivered attribute completeness and accuracy for both new coverage and map updates

Fully customizable options:

Map format. DMP NA can publish in any format including XML, CSV, compressed ATD, NDS, NDS Live. Our default format is a PostgreSQL-based “UDBX” format which is exceptionally easy to integrate.
Map attributes. During DFMEA and HARA discussions, we work with the OEMs to identify attributes which are essential for vehicle control. These include both observable and virtual road features. The customization of map attributes reduces the map data storage footprint and conserves OTA budget.
Curvature algorithm. OEMs often have their own proprietary curvature algorithm for lane centerlines, but if not, DMP can provide its curvature algorithm. DMP’s curvature captures sharp transitions with customizable smoothness, without undesirable artificial oscillations, and with kinematic coupling to the reported trajectory. By dynamically removing shape points to provide optimized spacing, DMP has achieved data compression of up to 150X with minimal degradation in accuracy. This allows optimization between data size and accuracy based on OEM requirements.
HD-SD Map Alignment. We are SD map agnostic. DMP can provide dynamic HD map-to-SD map alignment to any SD Map.

Software

DMP North America’s software team continuously looks for new ways to improve our clients’ experience, development speed and data compression.

ADM E-Horizon: Active Driver Map (“ADM”) e-Horizon software delivers lane-level detail about the road ahead of your vehicle for most-probable path planning. The road detail includes highly accurate 3D measurements of gradient, camber, curvature and road features to enable precise vehicle localization, component optimization, and ride control.

ADM Features

Horizon distance of up to 2000 m ahead and 200 m behind
Optimized for automotive-grade embedded hardware (QNX, aarch64)
Calibratable parameters for enhanced target hardware performance
Compatible with Open Drive 1.4 for simulation testing
ISO-26262 ASIL B(D) process compliance
Road Features Include: Point Features, Unsafe Stretches, Lane Level Attributes, Path Level Attributes, Most Probable Path Definition, On/Off Ramp scenarios

ADM Data Store Update Module: On-Vehicle software to update the HD Map when there is a new map or software update.

ADM Data Store Update Management Module: In-Cloud software which determines the difference between the latest available HD map on the cloud vs. the current map on the vehicle, prepares the update package, and pushes it to the vehicle.

Developer Services

In addition to its Maps and Software, DMP NA offers expert engineering services to clients’ ADAS and AV development teams.

Data Analytics for ODDs

DMP NA’s map database is constructed in a way that allows us to identify road segments with specific characteristics anywhere within the map coverage area. OEMs and Tier 1s can leverage this capability in order to do scenario planning with Operational Design Domain (ODD)
Some examples are:

Identify all road segments with specific slope, camber, speed and curvature characteristics
Quickly find edge cases for vehicle tests within the ODD, e.g., curves with negative cross-slope
Generate and evaluate client test route statistics

Simulation for ADAS/AV

DMP NA can also export data in OpenDRIVE or .fbx file for integration into leading CAE simulation tools for ADAS and AV feature validation and testing.