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Integrated Systems And Specialized Vehicles
Integrated Systems And Specialized Vehicles
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Boundless Vision, Intelligent Future| Hirain Technologies and TI Co-Define the Intelligent CMS, Opening a New Chapter in Mass Production
Release time:
2026-06-26 11:38
As intelligent driving and smart cockpits continue to evolve, Camera Monitor Systems (CMS) are gradually transitioning from aftermarket solutions and regulatory pilot programs to large-scale OEM mass production. Compared with traditional optical rearview mirrors, CMS can not only provide a wider field of view, but also integrate AI perception, image enhancement, and intelligent interaction capabilities, making it an essential component of the intelligent vehicle vision system.
At the same time, however, the mass production deployment of CMS also faces new system-level challenges: How can end-to-end latency be reduced? How can a clear field of view be maintained in complex environments such as rain, snow, mud, and dirt? And how can real-time performance, reliability, and safety be balanced?
At the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, Texas Instruments (TI) and Hirain Technologies jointly showcased a next-generation CMS solution built on TI’s TDA4 series processors and ULC ultrasonic driving solution. Featuring a fully in-house optical design, edge AI perception, AI ISP, an ultra-low-latency architecture, and ultrasonic self-cleaning technology, the system further enhances the reliability and interaction experience of intelligent vision systems in complex driving scenarios.
| Fully In-House Optical Solution: Seamless Integration of Wide-Angle and Far-Field Views, with Flexible Switching Across All Regulatory Viewing Zones
Hirain Technologies overcomes field-of-view limitations at the source through a customized optical solution that combines wide-angle and far-field lenses, enabling comprehensive coverage of all types of regulatory rearview mirror zones. The wide-angle lens captures the overall scene, while the Far-Field lens focuses on distant objects. Working together, the dual-lens system ensures that no critical detail is missed. With in-house high-precision calibration and seamless stitching algorithms at its core, and leveraging the built-in image processing unit of the TDA4 processor, the system accurately fuses multiple video streams into a unified panoramic view—delivering a true “what you see is what you drive” experience. At the same time, the system offers multiple viewing modes, allowing drivers to switch freely according to real-world driving scenarios. It sees wider, stitches more precisely, and switches more smoothly—giving drivers confident control and enhanced safety on every journey.
| AI Empowerment: Evolving from “Passive Display” to “Proactive Warning”
Powered by TI’s TDA4VEN processor, Hirain Technologies’s next-generation CMS solution delivers further upgrades in real-time performance, perception capability, and system reliability. The TDA4VEN integrates ARM Cortex cores, a C7x DSP, and a deep learning accelerator, supporting multi-camera input, HDR, distortion correction, and edge AI perception. It provides the core computing foundation for CMS across perception, image processing, and display output. True intelligence goes beyond simply “seeing.” Leveraging the powerful NPU computing capability of TI’s TDA4VEN, this CMS system achieves a leap from passive display to proactive perception. It can dynamically optimize ISP parameters through environmental perception for adaptive image enhancement, while also running object recognition algorithms in real time to accurately detect vehicles and pedestrians in rear-side areas. This perfectly empowers functions such as Blind Spot Detection (BSD), becoming the most reliable "sentinel" for intelligent driving systems.
| Advanced Intelligent Vision Algorithms: AI-ISP Confidently Handles Extreme Conditions, Ensuring All-Weather Image Quality
Hirain Technologies has been deeply engaged in core image processing technologies, seamlessly integrating its in-house intelligent ISP image algorithms with the TDA4 processor to deliver outstanding image performance for intelligent CMS. With comprehensive control over key modules in the ISP pipeline-including noise reduction, wide dynamic range processing, color reproduction, and detail enhancement—we have carried out in-depth customization and fine-tuning for a wide range of CMS application scenarios. By combining in-house intelligent scene recognition algorithms with multiple image optimization algorithms, the system can consistently deliver clear, realistic, and stable image quality under extreme conditions such as strong backlight, alternating light and dark environments in tunnels, nighttime glare, and traffic light flicker. The flexibility of our in-house algorithms, together with the powerful computing capability of the TDA4 processor, ensures that every frame stands up to the most demanding conditions—providing drivers with clear visibility and reliable protection across all weather conditions and driving scenarios.
| Ultra-Low Latency: Every Millisecond Counts for Safety
The regulatory requirement of 200 ms latency means that, at highway speeds, what the driver sees is always the “past.” By comprehensively restructuring the chip-level architecture, basic software, application software, and algorithm framework, and by optimizing data transfer flows among the dedicated hardware cores within the SoC, Hirain Technologies has successfully reduced system-level latency—from camera input to display output—to within 50 ms. This is more than a numerical improvement; it represents a qualitative leap in safety experience. In critical moments such as high-speed lane changes and emergency maneuvers, the 150 ms saved can be the key to avoiding risk, ensuring that the driver’s decisions are always based on the "present."
| ULC Self-Cleaning: Giving the Camera the Ability to “Purify Itself”
Compared with traditional heating or spray-cleaning solutions, ULC technology can more efficiently handle a wide range of complex contaminants, including rainwater, muddy water, dust, insects, and even ice. When the system detects lens contamination, the ULC module uses high-frequency ultrasonic vibration to instantly detach the adhered substances and automatically restore lens clarity. This means drivers no longer need to get out of the vehicle to wipe the lens. The system can autonomously maintain clear visibility in harsh weather conditions, ensuring continuous and stable operation of the perception system while taking system reliability and convenience to a new level.
From Deep Collaboration to an Industry Benchmark
This joint showcase at the Beijing Auto Show represents the culmination of deep technical collaboration between TI and Hirain Technologies. It goes beyond a simple “chip supply” relationship. Starting from real-world application scenarios, the solution brings together TI’s deep expertise in automotive-grade processors, edge AI, and ultrasonic technologies with Jingwei HiRain’s leading practices in system integration and software algorithms, jointly setting a new performance benchmark for next-generation CMS systems. The joint demonstration not only reflects continuous breakthroughs in intelligent vision technology in terms of real-time performance, image clarity, and reliability, but also provides a highly valuable industry reference for the large-scale mass production of electronic rearview mirrors. This joint solution has already secured projects on major global automotive platforms and has taken the lead in achieving large-scale OEM mass production, with products exported to core markets across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
From technical validation to global delivery, this milestone not only marks breakthrough progress in intelligent vision technology across real-time performance, clarity, and reliability, but also demonstrates that China’s electronic rearview mirror systems now possess global OEM mass-production and delivery capabilities, providing the industry with a highly compelling model for globalization.