FLIR Systems and ANSYS to Advance Thermal Camera Machine Learning for Safer Cars

FLIR to Integrate a Thermal Sensor into ANSYS’ Leading-Edge Driving Simulator to Model, Test, and Validate Thermal Imaging for Autonomous Vehicle Development ARLINGTON, Va., January 7, 2020 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) and ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) are partnering to deliver superior hazard detection capabilities for assisted driving and autonomous vehicles (AVs) — empowering automakers to deliver unprecedented vehicle safety. Through this partnership, FLIR will integrate a fully physics-based thermal sensor into ANSYS’ leading-edge driving simulator to model, test, and validate thermal camera designs within an ultra-realistic virtual world. The new solution will reduce original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) development time by optimizing thermal camera placement for use with tools such as automatic emergency braking (AEB), pedestrian detection, and within future AVs.