pointcloud

What if machines could see a three-dimensional world in motion?

We develop technology capable of capturing velocity and three dimensional information.

What if autonomous mobility and augmented reality could be ubiquitous?

Platform enables short and long range applications from augmented reality to autonomous mobility.

Story

Imagine a world where robots see as clearly as humans. Discover how Pointcloud is using Silicon Photonics to make 3D imaging as common as your phone camera. In the history of technology, certain inventions redefine our relationship with the world. The CMOS image sensor changed everything for Photography and Video, making 2D imaging a part of our daily lives. Today, we are standing at the threshold of a new revolution. The world is three dimensional and constantly changing/moving and the growth of Physical AI requires machines to perceive it accurately. Whether it is Humanoid robots navigating a home, Drones surveying terrain, or Autonomous mobility systems ensuring road safety, at the heart of these innovations is the need for high-performance 3D perception at any point in time. Pointcloud is making performance 3D perception ubiquitous and affordable with its silicon-based 4D imaging sensor platform.

Company

Pointcloud designs silicon-based high-performance, chipscale integrated 4D imaging sensors (spatial 3D + radial velocity). Envisioned as counterparts of the CMOS image sensors for the 3D world, Pointcloud’s chips deliver rich 3D pointclouds that enable humans and machines to understand and interact with their environment, in a variety of fields from consumer to space applications. Chips containing over a million photonic components and co-integrated electronics have been designed and manufactured. Developed with high volume manufacturing in mind, leveraging mature design, manufacturing and packaging processes, and tools from our partners ensure the accuracy and manufacturability of these complex designs.

Technology

The Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Focal Plane Array sensor combines the performance of coherent ranging with the scalability of focal plane array sensor architecture common in cameras, to create a cost efficient, high performance, solid-state 3D imaging + radial velocity sensor. The combination offers customers an unmatched level of performance, reliability, cost and simplicity of system design and enable customers applications in a wide range of applications.

Chipsets & development kit

Focal plane array (FPA) LiDAR chipsets:

QVGA class coherent LiDAR FPA in monostatic configuration
Solid-state beam steering eliminating the need for mechanical parts
4D imaging capability with simultaneous distance and velocity measurement
192 x 64 pixels and 352 x 176 pixels sensors available
Up to 128 parallel output channels and SPI control interface

For system development and evaluation purposes we offer a development kit:

FPA chipset on carrier board
FPGA signal processing for up to 48 channels
External transmitter based on 1310nm DFB laser generating a highly linear chirp due to silicon-photonics based I/Q modulator

For sales enquiries, quotations or general requests, please contact info@point.cloud

Pointcloud development board and chipset

Team

We are a multidisciplinary team comprising optoelectronics, mixed signal, digital design, and signal processing engineers tackling a problem with wide impact across multiple fields.