Sunny Automotive

Sunny Automotive Optics is a pioneer in global automotive front-view lenses, offering lens solutions spanning high resolution that perfectly match forward machine-vision application requirements. The products broadly support ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and AV (Autonomous Driving) applications, and have been supplied to renowned automakers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Ford. Cumulative shipments of automotive lenses have exceeded 500 million units.

Focal length/field of view/resolution customized by model; supports high-resolution machine vision; suitable for ADAS and autonomous-driving front perception

• ADAS front-view camera
• Forward collision warning
• Traffic sign recognition
• Lane departure warning
• Autonomous-driving front perception

Sunny is a pioneer in global automotive rear-view lenses; its first rear-view camera lenses entered mass production in 2008. The products provide rear-view camera lens solutions for reversing scenarios; wide-angle lenses eliminate reversing blind spots and reproduce true scenes with low distortion. The lenses feature strong waterproof performance, ensuring all-weather high-definition imaging.

Wide-angle low distortion; strong waterproofing (automotive-grade waterproof rating); all-weather HD imaging; focal length/field of view customized by model

• Reversing camera
• Parking assist
• Blind-spot monitoring

Sunny is a pioneer in global automotive surround-view lenses; its first surround-view lenses entered mass production in 2009. The products provide 360° panoramic parking lens solutions; multi-lens combinations present the complete vehicle surroundings and deliver a 360-degree panoramic view for safer parking. Wide angle and wide field boost environmental recognition.

Wide angle/wide field of view; 360° panorama; low distortion; focal length/field of view customized by model

• 360° panoramic parking camera
• Surround-view camera
• Automated parking

Sunny is a pioneer in global automotive in-cabin lenses; its first in-cabin lenses entered mass production in 2014. The products provide lens solutions for gesture recognition, DMS (Driver Monitoring) and OMS (Occupant Monitoring, including front-row/rear-row/whole-vehicle monitoring), and can monitor fatigued driving through facial expressions, head movements, and eye-tracking. The lenses support miniaturization and offer multi-angle solutions based on different in-cabin mounting positions.

Miniaturized design; multi-angle solutions customized by mounting position; focal length/field of view/resolution customized by model

• Gesture recognition
• Driver Monitoring System (DMS)
• Occupant Monitoring System (OMS)
• In-cabin human-machine interaction

Sunny is a pioneer in global CMS (Camera Monitor System) lenses; its first full-display mirror automotive lenses entered mass production in 2014. The products provide CMS lens solutions that expand the driver's field of view with an HD camera system and reduce the blind spots of traditional rear-view mirrors. Intelligent CMS cameras can improve the field of view by about 300% compared with traditional mirrors.

HD imaging; field of view improved by about 300% over traditional mirrors; focal length/field of view/resolution customized by model

• Electronic mirror (CMS)
• Streaming mirror (FDM)
• Reduced rear-side blind spots

The TX transmitter module is one of the core components of a LiDAR system. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide module solutions compatible with various LiDAR types such as mechanical, MEMS, 3D Flash, and OPA. As a globally leading LiDAR optical solution supplier, the company has mass-production experience, and its products have been applied to models from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and others.

Compatible with mechanical/MEMS/3D Flash/OPA LiDAR; wavelength/beam parameters customized by model

• LiDAR
• Autonomous-driving optics
• Transmitter optical module

The RX receiver module is one of the core components of a LiDAR system. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide module solutions compatible with LiDAR based on various technology routes. The company masters advanced automotive LiDAR technology and has mass-production experience.

Compatible with mechanical/MEMS/3D Flash/OPA LiDAR; customized by model

• LiDAR
• Autonomous-driving optics
• Receiver optical module

The scanning module is one of the core components of a LiDAR system. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide module solutions compatible with LiDAR based on various technology routes. The company is committed to providing optoelectronic solutions for intelligent vehicles and autonomous driving.

Compatible with mechanical/MEMS/3D Flash/OPA LiDAR; customized by model

• LiDAR
• Beam scanning
• Autonomous-driving optics

The transceiver module is a core component of a LiDAR system. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide module solutions compatible with LiDAR based on various technology routes. The company covers full-stack transceiver optical capabilities for LiDAR.

Compatible with mechanical/MEMS/3D Flash/OPA LiDAR; customized by model

• LiDAR
• Integrated transceiver optics
• Autonomous-driving optics

LiDAR lenses are divided into transmitter lenses and receiver lenses. Sunny Automotive Optics, a pioneer in the global automotive lens field, provides lens solutions that meet the needs of different LiDAR optical systems. The products satisfy the performance requirements of various LiDAR optical systems.

Transmitter/receiver lenses; focal length/aperture/transmittance/material customized by model

• LiDAR transmitter optics
• LiDAR receiver optics
• Autonomous-driving perception

The optical window is a typical optical component of a LiDAR system; it both protects internal components and participates in light-path transmission. Sunny Automotive Optics masters mold design, processes, and coating technology, and can process LiDAR windows with high optical precision and high transmittance, offering various shapes such as planar and C-shaped.

High optical precision; high transmittance; shapes include planar/C-shaped, etc.; size/coating/material customized by model

• LiDAR window
• Protective cover optics
• Autonomous-driving optics

The polygon mirror is a core optical component used in LiDAR for beam shaping; it directly affects beam detection and reception performance. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide polygon mirror products in various shapes and materials (plastic/glass) to meet different customer needs.

Multiple selectable shapes; materials include plastic/glass; used for beam shaping; customized by model

• LiDAR beam shaping
• Scanning polygon mirror
• Autonomous-driving optics

The LiDAR diffusor is an important beam-shaping component at the transmitter end. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide diffusor products with excellent light uniformity. The products are used for transmitter-end beam shaping in LiDAR emitters.

Excellent light uniformity; used for transmitter-end beam shaping; pattern/material customized by model

• LiDAR transmitter end
• Beam shaping
• Autonomous-driving optics

The PGU (Picture Generation Unit) is an important module that provides the original imaging in a HUD. Sunny Automotive Optics has mass-production experience in automotive HUDs and provides different PGU solutions and core optical components such as projection lenses, supplied to mainstream automakers including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Toyota, Ford, General Motors, and Volvo. It supports CHUD/WHUD/AR-HUD.

Supports CHUD/WHUD/AR-HUD; includes DLP/MEMS/LCOS solutions; projection resolution stable in the -40 to 105°C range

• Head-Up Display (HUD)
• AR-HUD
• Windshield projection

The projection lens is a key component of the PGU and directly affects the HUD projection effect. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide various projection lens solutions to meet customer needs. The company can simulate and optimize at the design stage to ensure stable projection resolution under extreme temperatures of -40 to 105°C.

Projection resolution stable at -40 to 105°C; low distortion; focal length/aperture customized by model

• Head-Up Display (HUD)
• PGU projection optics
• AR-HUD

The freeform mirror (concave mirror) can both improve light-energy utilization and satisfy the directional requirements of the light path in an imaging system. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide freeform/concave mirrors of different sizes and materials to match different needs.

Improves light-energy utilization; satisfies light-path directivity; size/material customized by model

• Head-Up Display (HUD)
• Freeform imaging
• AR-HUD optics

The HUD diffuser is a core device used in HUDs for beam shaping, directly affecting imaging performance. Sunny Automotive Optics can provide diffuser products in various sizes and materials (plastic/glass).

Various sizes/materials (plastic/glass); used for beam shaping; customized by model

• Head-Up Display (HUD)
• Beam shaping
• Imaging optics

The PGU (Picture Generation Unit) is an important imaging unit and optical module in smart imaging headlamps. Sunny Automotive Optics masters advanced automotive projection headlamp technology and can provide various high-pixel PGU solutions customized on demand; the products have been used by automakers including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Toyota, Honda, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, and Volvo.

High-pixel PGU; customized on demand; supports ADB adaptive high beam

• Smart projection headlamp
• Adaptive high beam (ADB)
• Pixelated vehicle lighting

Beyond personalized decoration, projection lamps increasingly take on safe-driving and intelligent-driving functions in autonomous-driving scenarios. The ground projection unit can project patterns on the ground to enable V2V, V2P, and V2I interaction, enhancing driving safety and experience.

Ground pattern projection; supports V2V/V2P/V2I interaction; customized by model

• Ground welcome projection
• Smart interactive projection
• Exterior projection lamp

The projection lens is a key component of the PGU and directly affects the projection effect of the projection headlamp. Sunny Automotive Optics provides high-pixel projection lens solutions and, through simulation optimization, ensures stable imaging and stray-light control under high and low temperatures.

High-pixel projection; stable imaging at high/low temperatures; controllable stray light; customized by model

• Smart projection headlamp
• High-pixel vehicle lighting
• ADB vehicle lighting

Due to the requirements of high functionality and high stability, molded glass lenses will become more mainstream in future applications. Sunny Automotive Optics has nearly 20 years of design and processing experience and can seek a cost balance between design and processing at the product-principle level, achieving the optimal solution of performance and cost.

Glass material; aspheric; nearly 20 years of processing experience; can reduce lens count and volume; aperture/precision/coating customized by model

• Automotive lens
• HUD
• LiDAR
• Smart headlamp
• Projection lamp

Sunny Automotive Optics has the world's largest glass lens processing and supply capacity, with over 30 years of experience in manufacturing optical spherical lenses, and can process glass spherical lenses of various shapes and special materials. High-precision injection machines, coating machines, and inspection equipment ensure the quality and capacity of optical lenses for automotive lenses.

Glass material; spherical; over 30 years of manufacturing experience; various shapes/special materials; aperture/precision/coating customized by model

• Automotive lens
• Basic optical-system component
• HUD/LiDAR/vehicle lighting

Sunny Automotive Optics has over 20 years of experience manufacturing plastic aspheric lenses, masters mold design, processes and coating technology, and multi-cavity mold processing technology, standing at the industry forefront. High-precision injection machines, coating machines, and inspection equipment ensure a high-quality supply of plastic aspheric lenses, usable in automotive lenses, HUD, LiDAR, smart headlamps, projection lamps, and more.

Plastic material; aspheric; over 20 years of experience; multi-cavity mold; high-precision injection/coating; customized by model

• Automotive lens
• HUD
• LiDAR
• Smart headlamp
• Projection lamp