“We will continue to produce and receive stable orders for the entire vehicle fleet”
After the merger of Canevi Mobility and Canevi Automotive, production and quality of automotive electrical products are improved.
Supply of LiDAR for all areas including automobiles, military, and industry… Acceleration of market conquest based on diverse products
[Editor's Note] Since joining hands last year, Canebi Mobility and Canebi Automotive have been actively entering the mobility electronics industry, such as by improving understanding of the automotive electronics sector and issues related to production/quality management. Based on the growth mentioned above, Canebi Mobility is also preparing for an IPO at the end of 2024. We met with Jeong Jong-taek, CEO of Canevi Mobility, to hear about the company's growth prospects and plans, as well as its main product, LiDAR.

▲Jeong Jong-taek, CEO of Canevi Mobility
■ Please introduce Canevi Mobility.
Kanevi Mobility started developing black boxes and navigation systems for cars in 2001 and has grown steadily ever since. It is currently a company developing core components for smart mobility, including automotive electronics, robots, and electric vehicles.
Representative products include various infotainment systems supplied to global automakers, lidar sensors and data communication equipment, which are key components for autonomous mobility such as automobiles and robots, and high-definition black boxes capable of recording in response to sudden acceleration accidents.
■ I would like to hear about the outlook for 2024 and Canevi Mobility’s growth outlook and plans for this year.
2022 Canebi Automotive (formerly. In August 2023, Canebi Mobility (formerly Canebi Com) and Canebi Automotive merged to become one company.
Through this, we will share what we lack with each other and, based on this, secure a stable production plant in the battlefield and continue activities to receive orders through this.
In addition, the acquisition of Canebi Automotive has improved the understanding of the automotive electronics sector that the existing Canebi Mobility did not have, as well as issues related to production/quality management, thereby improving not only the industrial LiDAR sensor but also the production technology and quality management capabilities of existing products such as black boxes.
Based on this, we plan to develop and produce stable LiDAR sensors for vehicles.
In addition, based on the above growth, Canevi Mobility is preparing for listing at the end of 2024.
■ I am curious about the role and prospects of lidar sensors in autonomous driving and ADAS. In addition, what are the roles and prospects of lidar mounted on infrastructure rather than vehicles?
LiDAR sensors for vehicles can measure the distance to objects that cannot be recognized by cameras while the vehicle is driving, confirm the location relative to the vehicle's position, detect stationary objects that cannot be recognized by radar, measure distances more accurately, and recognize objects based on the shape of the object.
It is expected that this will play a role in implementing higher-level autonomous driving functions.
Due to safety and price issues, automotive LiDAR sensors are only being used for forward detection in a very small number of vehicles.
Unlike industrial LiDAR sensors, automotive LiDAR sensors require solid-state type LiDAR sensors using MEMS, Flash, etc., and as a result, they have expensive sensor prices and larger sizes due to higher component prices than scanning types.
However, LiDAR sensors are essential for autonomous driving and are complementary to existing cameras and radars, so it is expected that as technology advances and the introduction of LiDAR sensors for vehicles increases, it will lead to higher quality and lower priced products.
LiDAR sensors for infrastructure are mainly used for safety detection by installing them around traffic lights to alert pedestrians when the signal turns red and on subway screen doors.
As these pedestrian assistance systems continue to be installed in child protection zones, residential areas, etc., and screen doors continue to be introduced in subway stations, etc., the supply of LiDAR sensors is expected to continue to expand.
■ 4D imaging radar is often compared to lidar.But what are the advantages of lidar over imaging radar?
4D imaging radar is also often compared to LiDAR sensors because it outputs data in the form of a point cloud.
Like existing radars and cameras, I think 4D imaging radars are complementary sensors to LiDAR sensors, and even though 4D imaging is possible, since it is based on radar, I think LiDAR sensors have advantages in detecting stationary objects and in the accuracy of object shape.
■ Please introduce Canevi Mobility’s lidar sensor products and their special features.
Kanevi Mobility’s LiDAR sensors are broadly divided into four product groups.
We have three product lines: 2D Scanning, 3D Scanning, and 3D ToF, so we have a lineup that allows you to apply the appropriate sensor according to your customer requirements.
For the 2D Scanning type, it is a product group with a sensor that has one channel, a field of view of 120 degrees or 270 degrees depending on the sensor, and an operating speed of 15 Hz.
For the 3D Scanning type, we have developed a LiDAR sensor product line with two or more channels, including 2-channel, 4-channel, and 16-channel sensors.
For 2/4 channel sensors, this product line has an operating speed of 15 Hz and a field of view of 120 degrees, and for 16 channel sensors, this product line has an operating speed of 30 Hz and a field of view of 145 degrees.
The 3D ToF type is a kind of Flash LiDAR type sensor that emits a beam as if taking a picture and receives it through multiple photodetectors in the form of an image. It is a family of LiDAR sensors that output the following types of data:
Compared to the scanning type, it has the characteristics of being able to acquire high-angle, high-precision data at a short distance.