Digital Media Professionals Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nakano-ku, Tokyo, President Tsuyoshi Osawa, hereinafter referred to as DMP) and Macnica (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President Kazumasa Hara, hereinafter referred to as Macnica) will develop low-speed mobility services. By combining the technological capabilities, sales capabilities, and know-how of both companies in the fields of automated/autonomous driving and safe driving support for the future, we will build solutions that will help solve Japan's social issues such as the declining birthrate, aging population, and population decline. We look forward to working together.

 Background of collaboration 
Various problems due to the declining birthrate and aging population are major social issues, such as the lack of transportation, transportation, and workers for the elderly, and are steadily spreading in our society every day. at the same time, 5G (5th generation mobile communication systems) and the mobility revolution are bringing about a paradigm shift in social and industrial structures. CASE^{* 1} or MaaS^{* 2} This initiative involves not only the automobile industry, but also public transportation services, sharing businesses, and ride-hailing services, and has an impact on urban development in the near future. Also, in various fields such as construction industry and agriculture, labor saving and automation will be required. DX^{* 3} is progressing rapidly. Meanwhile, UGVs^{* Four}, AGVs^{* Five}, AMR^{* 6} represented by AI Expectations and demand for automation and autonomy combining robotics technology are rapidly increasing.

In order to respond to these social and industrial structural changes, the two companies will develop DMP 's AI-based autonomous driving technology and safe driving support technology, and Macnica 's sensor, AI semiconductor, and verification experiment know-how including data collection. By combining our operational and sales capabilities, we aim to build and provide a hardware and software platform for automatic and autonomous driving, especially in the low-speed range.

 Overview of collaboration
In the development of automatic/autonomous driving and advanced safe driving support, there are various applications such as cleaning robots, various transport vehicles, senior cars, construction equipment, agricultural machinery, etc. It is necessary to develop autonomous driving and safe driving support functions. In addition, it is necessary to combine various sensors, high-performance AI semiconductors and AI software to build systems for automatic/autonomous driving and advanced safe driving support.

Therefore, both companies agreed to use Macnica 's high-performance A.I. semiconductors, stereo cameras, LiDAR^{* 7} various sensors and data platforms, DMP Automated/autonomous driving software developed and provided by ZIA ^TM MOVE" and safe driving support software "ZIA ^TM SAFE" creates a vertically integrated development platform environment. By doing so, we will provide optimal solutions to reduce the development time and promote and support development projects in automatic/autonomous driving and advanced safe driving support for various uses and purposes.

In the future, both companies will provide a wide range of vehicles that run at low speed indoors and outdoors, such as warehouse transportation, agricultural machinery, construction and general contractors, and senior cars.

Overview of automated/autonomous driving / safe driving support solutions for low-speed mobility

* 1 CASE
A coined word that combines the initials of Connected,​ ​Autonomous​,​ ​Shared​, and Electric​, and represents the recent trends in the autonomous driving industry.

* 2 MaaS
Abbreviation for Mobility as a Service. Next-generation transportation that combines autonomous driving, AI, open data, etc., and integrates sharing services into conventional transportation and transportation.

* 3 DX
Abbreviation for Digital Transformation. Companies respond to drastic changes in the business environment, utilize data and digital technology, and transform their products, services, and business models based on the needs of customers and society.・Change the culture and establish a competitive advantage (Defined by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "Guidelines for Promoting Digital Transformation (DX Promotion Guidelines)" in December​ ​2018).

* 4 UGVs
Abbreviation for Unmanned Ground Vehicle. A general term for vehicles that can run unmanned on the ground (mainly outdoors).

* 5 AGVs
Abbreviation for Autonomous Guided Vehicle. It is an unmanned, automated transport vehicle that is mainly used in manufacturing plants and automated warehouses. Depending on the autonomous driving method, a route guidance type (path guide) that is guided by a guide installed along the route (magnetic tape, light reflection tape, electromagnetic induction cable, etc.), a follow-up type that follows a specific person or vehicle ahead ( (target guided), and self-navigation (self-navigation) that moves to the destination without the need for trajectories, derivatives, or human control.

* 6 AMR
Abbreviation for Autonomous Mobile Robot. An autonomous transport robot that estimates its own position from information such as sensors mounted on it without the need for dielectrics such as magnetic tape (guideless).

* 7 LiDAR
Abbreviation for Light Detection and Ranging. A type of sensor that uses laser light to accurately detect the distance, position, and shape of an object.

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DMP is an R&D-oriented fabless semiconductor vendor that licenses hardware IPs and software IPs for proprietary 2D / 3D graphics technology for embedded devices, as well as graphics LSI business that incorporates these IPs. In recent years, in order to become the world's leading "AI Computing Company" in the AI field, we have been providing solutions through a wide portfolio including AI processor IP, hardware / software products, and services, and a uniquely constructed AI ecosystem.

Macnica has been providing cutting-edge semiconductor, electronic device, network, and cyber security products with added technological value since its establishment in 1972. In recent years, based on its traditional strengths in sourcing and technology planning for cutting-edge technologies on a global basis, the company has been developing new businesses in areas such as AI/IoT, autonomous driving, and robotics. Going forward, under the slogan "Co. Tomorrowing," the company will connect cutting-edge technologies with the intelligence of Macnica to provide unique services and solutions, creating social value and contributing to the development of future societies. the Company Headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, is a global business with 85 offices in 23 countries around the world.
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