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Excerpt from a wired.com article 23rd Feb 2018 about Bentley moving towards autonomy etc. (the last paragraph of excerpt being of interest):
Richard Haycox, head of chassis mechatronics at Bentley, confirmed to WIRED that, regarding the Bentayga, the company's "aim is always to increase the level of autonomy of the car" and to do this via a firmware update.
"Currently we choose to switch the Active Lane Assist off after 15 seconds. Now we don't have to do that," Haycox says. "A Tesla on autopilot will steer you around many, many corners, but we choose to restrict the Bentayga to 15 seconds. However, if we choose to expand that time then it would be more of an automated drive. And this would only be a software change."
That seems like a great addition to the capability of the SUV, so why not simply upscale the time drivers can use the Active Lane Assist?
"Active Lane Assist is not a perfect system," Haycox admits. "It behaves differently with different levels of road camber. For example, in Florida there is extreme camber because there is extreme weather, so they can run water off the road. We have to calibrate the system differently to cope with this and make sure it works in all markets."
So in what situations would Bentley actually consider increasing the time this system could remain operational? "I would say on motorways and autobahns where you don't have a lot of steering input. I don't see why you cannot do that," says Haycox. Is Bentley looking into doing this? "We are always exploring these options, yes."
It is impossible to elevate the Bentayga or other existing Bentley models, including the new Continental GT, to an increased level of autonomy, according to Haycox. "To go level 3 you need a driver-facing camera," he says. "I would say we will have a level 3 car in the market within two to three years."
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bentley-bentayga-v8-price-suv-new-car
https://youtu.be/i0tEg7l-MNw
From September last year, but first demonstration of Toyota Guardian capabilities. At circa 2mins 20secs is the brief demonstration of 'The Drowsy Driver', the monitoring camera is certainly not a finished product design so no idea whose tech used.
Part of this video demonstrates their gaze tracking capability in action from about 7-8 seconds in and lasts about 10-15 seconds (that part).
https://youtu.be/v38TVn-Jsyw
Further to S2020 quoting "Vertical Integration" invite that Daimler and Baidu announced yesterday to work closer together towards Autonomous Driving and this quote:
Baidu CEO Robin Li said, "The automotive industry will evolve according to a drastically different logic, from vertical integration to a platform-based ecosystem, making now the optimal time for global automakers and tech companies to work together and deepen cooperation."
We know Veneer and Zenuity started a Level 3 ADAS collaboration earlier this year for Geely.
We have DMS collaboration with Veneer.
http://www.veoneer.com/en/innovation
"Advanced Driver Monitoring Systems, which tracks head, face, eyelid, and precision eye gaze in real time, created by our partner Seeing Machines."
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On their Japan career website page:
"Veoneer Japan
Welcome to Veoneer Japan's Career site
Join us
Veoneer offers state-of-the-art active safety systems, restraint control systems, and brake systems and has the ambition to be a leading system supplier for Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving as well as a market leader in automotive safety electronics products.
Veoneer has a strong heritage, with over 25 years’ experience in innovating, developing and manufacturing automotive safety electronics and software products.
Veoneer's engineering expertise, custom algorithm development and hardware and software design offers its customers unique automotive safety solutions.
The company signed agreements with NVIDIA, Velodyne and Seeing Machines further fulfilling the goal in developing next generation self-driving technologies."
https://veoneerjapan.teamtailor.com
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http://www.safetynews.co.nz/transport-industry-determined-tackle-road-safety-technology/
"Key New Zealand safety findings include:
the top two emerging technologies that organisations are considering for implementation in 2018 are driver warning and alerting technology (26%) and fatigue monitoring (18%)
driver warning and alerting technology, at 36%, is the top choice of emerging technology that organisations expect to have the greatest impact on business operations in the future, followed closely by fatigue monitoring on 18%, big data analytics on 17% and artificial intelligence on 16%.
one in five respondents (21%) cite improving driver safety as a top business goal."
Continued...
"But now we are launched on the path of removing our hands from the steering wheel while driving - yet keeping our eyes on the road. Maybe Uber will be able to rejoin the journey or maybe it won't. For the time being, Uber's driving privileges are only available in Pittsburgh. All eyes are now on Pittsburgh to discover what the next turn of the wheel will bring for Uber. Uber's clearly gone to the trouble of integrating an in-cabin camera to watch the driver. It may be time to integrate that driver monitor with the vehicle controls a la Cadillac's Super Cruise."
EBut now we are launched on the path of removing our hands from the steering wheel while driving - yet keeping our eyes on the road. Maybe Uber will be able to rejoin the journey or maybe it won't. For the time being, Uber's driving privileges are only available in Pittsburgh. All eyes are now on Pittsburgh to discover what the next turn of the wheel will bring for Uber. Uber's clearly gone to the trouble of integrating an in-cabin camera to watch the driver. It may be time to integrate that driver monitor with the vehicle controls a la Cadillac's Super Cruise.
**END OF**
https://www.strategyanalytics.com/strategy-analytics/blogs/automotive/infotainment-telematics/infotainment-telematics/2018/04/09/and-then-there-were-two---waymo-and-cruise
Interesting article from April this year. I copy in just some of the paragraphs after the article subtitle:
And Then There were Two - Waymo and Cruise
by Roger Lanctot | Apr 09, 2018
"It's clear that automating the driving process is no simple proposition and that solving this challenge requires extensive testing and - as was discussed at the Nvidia event - extensive simulation and modeling. The best way to accelerate the process is to increase the number of vehicles on the road to expand the data collection pipeline."
"Waymo and Cruise may be leading the race to automate driving, but that race is rapidly revealing itself to be a marathon. Scaling automated driving from warm, sunny climates to more variable environments is a years-long process. (Volvo will gain an edge from its testing operations in Sweden.) This is a process that will require fleets of vehicles to solve and Uber is an ideal candidate to lead if the company can sort out its technical and organizational challenges to the satisfaction of regulators. Whether that recovery involves new ownership remains to be seen.
The final takeaway highlights the impressive performance of yet another market player which has been plying the path of Level 2 autonomy: Cadillac and its Super Cruise. The Super Cruise system cleverly leverages a camera-based in-cabin driver monitoring system to scan the head and eyes of the driver to ensure attention is focused on the road in combination with a high-definition Lidar-scanned map of the roadway to offer what may be best described as enhanced cruise control.
Super Cruise was launched on the Cadillac CT6 more than six months ago and has been operating without a reported failure and without the creation of dozens of Youtube videos showing drivers sleeping, or with their feet out the window or in the backseat. By geo-fencing the feature (so that it is only available on 130,000 Lidar-scanned miles of controlled access highways) and monitoring the drivers, Cadillac has found a way to deliver an autopilot-like experience without ever claiming autopilot functionality. But it has done so safely without any reported crashes, injuries or fatalities.
It's a long way from Cadillac Super Cruise SAE Level 2 assisted driving to SAE Level 4 hands-free/eyes-free driving, but it's important to give credit where credit is due - including suppliers Seeing Machines and high definition map prover, Ushr. Most importantly of all, Super Cruise is offered on a production vehicle and, finally, it is by now clear that Cadillac customers using this system understand its limitations and, if they don't, the system will enforce those limitations by disengaging.
This driver monitoring and system disengagement is the beginning of a new relationship between car and driver. Cars have been helping humans drive since the onset of cruise control, electronic stability control, anti-lock breaks and all the rest of the various advanced driver assist technologies...
To be
Nothing really, but from their Interim Report dated 18th July so just a few days ago.
Part of Chairman statement:
"The star of the show on this occasion was our new holding, Seeing Machines, which rose by
over 40% between its purchase in December and 31 May. Seeing Machines has developed a device (a driver
monitoring system or DMS) for detecting lapses of concentration on the part of drivers. The company has signed
contracts with three major car manufacturers and is well placed to add to this number as the likelihood grows that
DMSs will be mandatory in both the EU and the USA."
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.independentinvestmenttrust.co.uk/media/1050/independent_investment_trust_interim_financial_report_0518.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjBro_ohbHcAhVjIcAKHR2aDWQQFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw2gjxZEfX43HGvrFXJzW89s
Guardian journal article from just a few days ago. A little paragraph mentioning SEE in a positive way, in what is otherwise a mixed bag article on employer/employees 'monitoring tech'.
"In other professions, however, keeping track of employees can be a matter of life or death. Australian company Seeing Machines develops computer vision systems that can recognise when a driver is distracted or about to fall asleep at the wheel. Currently, the eye-tracking system is used to detect the fatigue levels of truck drivers, pilots, train drivers and people who operate heavy machinery."
https://www.theguardian.com/the-power-of-people/2018/jul/16/the-smart-office-how-to-remain-human-in-our-high-tech-world
Our website setup for Chile promoting Guardian I SEE. Perhaps I should of known about the website already.
http://www.smra.cl
Customers they seem to claim to have:
http://www.smra.cl/nuestros-clientes.html
Article from last month. SEE will no doubt be involved or benefit.
https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/industry-news/1806/tca-in-fatigue-monitoring-device-initiative
Sorry, start again. Page 20 of this report:
• "Installation of distraction and fatigue
monitoring equipment on buses to
detect face and eye movements of
drivers. This system was developed
in close collaboration with trams
who are developing a similar system."
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/sshrp-20180620-part-1-item-09-quarter-four-health-safety-environment-performance-report.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjiu9bwm67cAhVSW8AKHa17DNM4FBAWMAF6BAgBEAE&usg=AOvVaw0ISe9JVsCmqIrCO09mHVtD
TFL quarterly report dated 20th June this year.<br /><br />On page 19:<br /><br />• Installation of distraction and fatigue <br />monitoring equipment on buses to <br />detect face and eye movements of <br />drivers. This system was developed <br />in close collaboration with trams <br />who are developing a similar system.'<br /><br />https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/sshrp-20180620-part-1-item-09-quarter-four-health-safety-environment-performance-report.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjiu9bwm67cAhVSW8AKHa17DNM4FBAWMAF6BAgBEAE&usg=AOvVaw0ISe9JVsCmqIrCO09mHVtD
Yep that's right Lewbo18, SEE were working with RATP Dev London
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RATP Dev innovates to improve bus safety alongside Transport for London
11/30/2017
Transport for London (TfL) selected three innovative projects from RATP Dev to improve bus safety at the latest London Bus Safety Summit.
London transport authority, TfL, has awarded £500,000 funding (approx. €565,000) to develop new ideas from transport operators across London in order to reduce the number of people seriously injured or killed on London's bus network.
After a bidding process, three projects presented by RATP Dev London (which includes bus subsidiaries London United Busways, London Sovereign and Quality Line) were selected from the 14 projects submitted by six operators. They will receive funding and will be tested in 2018. If results are conclusive, innovations may be deployed across the London bus network with union approval.
The three RATP Dev London projects are:
Seeing Machines: a system installed in the drivers cab that digitally detects signs of fatigue and distraction on the driver’s face, which will be tested on 80 vehicles on routes 148 and 18. '
Anybody use these bus routes ?
https://www.ratpdev.com/en/newsroom/news/ratp-dev-innovates-improve-bus-safety-alongside-transport-london