Dynamic Map Platform will test Toshiba roadside lidar feeding its HD map platform
The Japanese mapping company said it had entered Toshiba's open innovation program and begun a feasibility study on tying objects detected by roadside lidar to positions on its high-definition map.
Dynamic Map Platform said on October 27 that it had been selected into Toshiba’s Open Innovation Program 2026 and had begun a joint feasibility study with Toshiba on upgrading its infrastructure-cooperative mobility platform.
Under the study, dynamic objects detected by Toshiba’s Hybrid-3D lidar — vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists and fallen objects — would be tied to positions on Dynamic Map Platform’s high-definition three-dimensional map data and delivered to vehicles and to fleet and operations-management systems, so that roadside sensing fills in blind spots and distant conditions on-board sensors cannot see. Point-cloud data and recognition and tracking results would be taken in and integrated into the platform. Toshiba describes the lidar as long-range and able to measure at night and in rain and fog.
The companies named three settings. The first is intersections and roads with poor visibility, for blind-spot completion, earlier hazard detection and driving decisions that respond to road conditions. The second is closed environments such as logistics facilities, factories, ports, airports and construction sites, where automated vehicles, transport equipment, work vehicles and workers mix, with the aim of reducing contact risk, optimizing routes and improving remote monitoring. The third is outdoor conditions where visibility drops, including darkness, rain and fog.
The release said the study covers technical requirements and commercial viability, that a presentation of results is scheduled for mid-December 2026, and that demonstration testing would validate the information linkage and the business case. It named cameras, radar and other sensors and external systems as later scope.
Dynamic Map Platform was established with Japanese government backing and investment from ten domestic automakers, and says it operates in 26 countries. The release named no financial terms, and described the work as a study of collaboration rather than an agreement.