{"636947":{"#nid":"636947","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE\/GTRI Lidar Interference Research Featured by SPIE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, has released a news story that features Georgia Tech lidar (light detection and ranging) research as it relates to autonomous vehicles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project, joint between the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, has shown how interference can occur between vehicles that each have their own lidar sensing systems. These lidar units are designed to sense their surroundings and thus keep track of the locations of all surrounding vehicles. However, this work has shown how false returns can occur when there are multiple vehicles, each with its own lidar systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAny vehicle, in addition to receiving its own lidar returns, may unintentionally receive returns from other vehicles\u0026rsquo; lidars, thus indicating they are farther away or closer than they actually are. This erroneous range information could lead to disastrous consequences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis research is being conducted by ECE Ph.D. student Gerald Ben Popko, currently at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, ECE Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor Tom Gaylord, and GTRI Senior Research Engineer Chris Valenta. According to Gaylord, \u0026ldquo;Autonomous and self-driving vehicles are the wave of the future. This research shows that appropriate precautions will be necessary to ensure the safety of all drivers.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe full news release is available at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spie.org\/news\/lidar-drives-toward-the-future?utm_id=ztwz\u0026amp;SSO=1\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/spie.org\/news\/lidar-drives-toward-the-future?utm_id=ztwz\u0026amp;SSO=1\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, has released a news story that features Georgia Tech lidar (light detection and ranging) research as it relates to autonomous vehicles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, has released a news story that features Georgia Tech lidar (light detection and ranging) research as it relates to autonomous vehicles.\u00a0"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2020-07-15 13:33:58","changed_gmt":"2020-07-15 13:35:48","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"636946":{"id":"636946","type":"image","title":"Lidar vehicles","body":null,"created":"1594819412","gmt_created":"2020-07-15 13:23:32","changed":"1594819412","gmt_changed":"2020-07-15 13:23:32","alt":"image of lidar vehicles","file":{"fid":"242303","name":"Lidar_Vehicles.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lidar_Vehicles.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lidar_Vehicles.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":55898,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Lidar_Vehicles.jpg?itok=7m2pWp3a"}}},"media_ids":["636946"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/spie.org\/?SSO=1","title":"SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"415","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"167910","name":"SPIE"},{"id":"111431","name":"lidar"},{"id":"97281","name":"autonomous vehicles"},{"id":"185298","name":"self-driving vehicles"},{"id":"185299","name":"Gerald Ben Popko"},{"id":"182728","name":"Tom Gaylord"},{"id":"185300","name":"Christopher Valenta"},{"id":"185301","name":"U.S. Military Academy at West Point"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}