Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
Seeing Machines will be at #WATS2023 in Orlando next week. The World Aviation Training Summit brings together the global aviation training community to discuss current and future training
https://twitter.com/seeingmachines/status/1646377675131322370?s=35
Nice to see the company gearing up for increased Guardian business in the USA with a base in Tucson Arizona.
Hopefully this is for ramping up of sales of Guardian 3 in the US later this year ?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/seeingmachines_hiring-tucson-arizona-activity-7049901118792896512-X1-A?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Courtesy of BB on Telegram https://www.automobilwoche.de/themenwelten/kooperation-damit-assistenzsysteme-einen-kuhlen-kopf-behalten?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content
Modern assistance systems and driver monitoring are to become cheaper, more energy-efficient and smaller. This is what the three companies Ambarella, Autobrains and Seeing Machines want to achieve with their cooperation.
Sunday April 2, 2023 at 3:36 p.m
Cameras are of central importance as sensors for the automation of driving functions and the driver monitoring that will be mandatory in the future. For reasons of cost and simplification, it makes sense to bundle as much of this technology as possible: for example cameras for monitoring the space in front of the vehicle, the camera for monitoring the driver's attention and the associated electronics. One challenge here is the heat generated by the current flow when the algorithms in the chips are doing their work.
Ambarella, Autobrains and Seeing Machines want to solve this problem together by combining special algorithms for artificial intelligence from Autobrains and Seeing Machines with hardware from Ambarella to create a very energy-saving system-on-chip. The entire system, according to Autobrains, completes its tasks with only a tenth of the computing power (and currents) that conventional solutions would require. So it saves energy, generates less heat and is smaller because less hardware power is required.
According to the companies, the front camera, the driver monitoring camera and the electronics can be housed together in one housing. That would be difficult with conventional systems because too much heat is produced in a small space. In addition, the system can also be placed in the two places that are actually predestined for it: on the dashboard or in the base of the interior mirror. In addition to the heat produced by the electronics itself, there is also solar radiation.
The joint development of the three companies includes Seeing Machines' e-DME (Driver Monitoring Engine) software stack, Autobrains' AI software stack and Ambarella's hardware: the Ambarella CV2FS/CV22FS AI Perception SoC, which the company claims to offer the highest AI performance per watt in the industry. The overall solution is both flexible and easily scalable and can therefore be adapted to different vehicles.
BMW i Ventures, VinFast, Continental and Knorr-Bremse, among others, are involved in the Israeli start-up Autobrains. Continental is already working with the US chip manufacturer Ambarella on the topic of autonomous driving.
From the data center: market for automotive semiconductors
https://www.nanalyze.com/2023/03/eye-tracking-stocks-driver-monitoring/
Founded in 2000 as a spin-out from the Australian National University, Seeing Machines (SEE.L) reported $24.4 million in revenue during the second half of 2022, which it refers to as its first half 2023 fiscal year. That’s what happens when you live in the Southern Hemisphere: up is down, and the second half is actually the first half. Whatever. Similarly, the way the company slices and dices its revenue streams is also a little confusing. The two biggest buckets of money are Aftermarket and OEM. The former refers mainly to sales of its flagship product Guardian that it offers to owners of fleet vehicles like trucks and buses to keep drivers alert and off the meth. OEM is largely automotive customers who embed the company’s DMS product into their vehicles. Less than half of total revenues are from recurring sources like licensing fees and royalties.
Some of our readers seem pretty keen on this Australian company, with headlines about Seeing Machines being the “next Mobileye” and the “next Arm.” Regarding the latter analogy: Arm is a British semiconductor and software design company that has come to dominate the smartphone chip market. You may recognize the name for no other reason than NVIDIA (NVDA) was hot and heavy to acquire the company before regulators shut the deal down last year. Arm does not manufacture its own chips, but licenses its designs to other companies who then build them. Similarly, Seeing Machines reportedly licenses its Occula neural processing unit to semiconductor companies like Qualcomm that integrate them into their own products.
That strategy looms as a big part of the evolving business model behind Seeing Machines, which is expanding beyond simply using eye-tracking technology to detect distracted drivers. It employs other sensors and algorithms to analyze facial expressions, head pose, and body posture to monitor and assess not just drivers but also airline pilots for training and other applications. That’s driving its expansion into occupant monitoring systems (OMS) that track drivers, occupants, and the guy with the clown mask and butcher knife lurking in the back seat. The idea is to enable features through a simple gesture, like a vicious stabbing motion, to adjust the on-board entertainment system.
Let's just hope the long awaited RNS's start to arrive folks..... It is very difficult being patient...!! GLA LTH's
Posted on LinkedIn by Matt Morley (Senior Manager Operations Performance Solutions at FEDEX) This was a great presentation by Mike Lenné and highlighted the decision facing the aviation industry today.
Fatigue risk is a growing threat on flight decks around the world. In flight awareness of alertness, microsleeping, and uncontrolled sleeping is largely unknown and under reported.
This technology is mandated in all new cars and trucks sold in Europe from 2024. And Euro NCAP rewards OEM early adopters who install this technology.
So, if you could reduce fatigue events in flight decks by 90% why wouldn’t you?
#fatiguemanagement #aviationindustry #riskmanagement https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-morley-239589127_humanfactors-interiorsensing-aviation-activity-7046265839024492544-2Guc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Sadly, we do not get the leaders we deserve. It is completely slanted nowadays as every candidate standing in almost every country has been on a WEF indoctrination training. All of them including Trudeau, Merkel, Macron, Rishi Sunak, Jacinda Arden and many, many more. Sadly there is no true democracy any more.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/colin-barnden-1081376_interiorsensing-gazetracking-drivermonitoringsystem-activity-7042325236440047616-4gan?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
The video is from a recent LinkedIn Post from Colin Barnden (see above).
Today Colin is a panel member at AutoSens#InCabin Exhibition in Phoenix AZ on #interiorsensing. (see below)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/colin-barnden-1081376_interiorsensing-gazetracking-drivermonitoringsystem-activity-7042325236440047616-4gan?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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News on an aviation contract for Seeing Machines..... but not the one we are waiting for ??
Australia has awarded CAE Australia Pty Ltd a contract extension to deliver comprehensive training and sustainment support services under the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Aerospace Simulator Integrated Support and Training (ASIST) program.
The 19-year agreement allows CAE Australia to continue to support a range of ADF flight training systems across Australia. The ASIST contract provides a flexible framework under which CAE Australia delivers aircrew training, specialised engineering support, sustainment and maintenance services, as well as training system upgrades across multiple ADF aerospace platforms.
“This contract signifies an enduring partnership between the Commonwealth and CAE Australia on training and support services across a range of platforms and training systems,” said Matthew Sibree, Managing Director, Indo-Pacific, CAE Australia Pty Ltd. “There is no better time to invest further in our ADF’s safety and mission readiness, and our highly-skilled teams, many of whom are Veterans, are honoured to contribute their training and engineering expertise to guide and shape our nation’s sovereign air combat capability. Our service personnel are our greatest asset, and their training is critical. A training specialist will provide that critical training.”
Under the contract, CAE is responsible for delivering leading-edge training for military aviators on the KC-30A and C-27J at RAAF Base Amberley, the Hawk 127 Lead-In Fighter at RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Base Pearce, and the C-130J at RAAF Base Richmond. Maintenance and engineering support is also provided for the AP-3C Orion at RAAF Base Edinburgh, the Australian Army’s CH-47F Chinook at RAAF Base Townsville, and the Australian Army MRH-90 at RAAF Base Townsville and Army Aviation Training Centre, Oakey. Since the initial contract award in 2021, CAE has assured its position as a flexible, agile and responsive partner, achieving over 98% training device availability, and efficiently tending to technical, commercial and schedule needs on demand.
“This agreement today will ensure our emerging ADF pilots have access to the best equipment through the availability and development of flight and mission simulators, management of training materials, and management and delivery of aircrew training,” said Air Commodore Steven Pesce, Defence Director General Airlift and Tanker Systems Branch.
Under the ASIST program, CAE Australia will continue to work closely with our Australian industry partners, including Seeing Machines and Virtual Simulation Systems (VSS), defence primes and academia. Leveraging CAE’s 75 years of experience combined with expert partners, this teaming secures an enduring sovereign solution for our customers and direct access to CAE’s trusted global supply chain.
https://ojoyoshidareport.com/introducing-the-immersive-user-experience/?utm_content=239980622&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-249813029
Another great article on Immersive User Experience - IUX from Colin Barnden. Well worth a read....!!
I particularly liked these parts :-
IUX defined
The IUX will combine eye-gaze, gesture, and voice control with capacitive and haptic touch inputs. High-definition displays will extend from pillar to pillar right across the vehicle dashboard, providing driving information and streaming video. Add-in 5G cellular connectivity, cloud computing and over-the-air updates, and the interior of the car will never look or feel the same again.
Eye-gaze and gesture recognition will be provided by face and eye-tracking companies like Seeing Machines. Gaze tracking has already morphed far beyond simply monitoring the driver for signs of distraction and drowsiness. The next frontier is all-occupant interior sensing, and the rear-view mirror has emerged as the key integration point, as shown by Magna’s occupant monitoring mirror at CES.
Driver monitoring is not “nanny tech” which spies on and nags the driver, but instead is safety technology which sees and understands human behavior as it applies to crash risk. From its work in the aviation sector, Seeing Machines has gained vital experience combining precision eye tracking with human factors research to understand real-time glance pattern analysis of flightdeck instrument scanning.
This work led to real-time measurement of pilot workload, which when transferred into the automotive environment becomes a measure of driver workload.
The immersive user experience, combining integration of displays both on the dashboard and on the windshield, is therefore made safe by constantly measuring driver workload to prevent cognitive overload. Technology from the flightdeck is heading for the car’s cabin to make driving safer and more enjoyable.
InCabin
The immersive user experience is in the very early stages of the development cycle. We don’t yet know how the pieces fit together, but we can start to see the key components, and who are the critical players.
The trend will be discussed at InCabin, an event to be held from March 15-17 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference will include a panel session called “Imagining the Immersive User Experience,” featuring Prateek Kathpal, CTO of Cerence, Colin Barnden, principal analyst at Semicast Research, and moderated by Junko Yoshida, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Ojo-Yoshida Report.
Bottom line:
Expect automakers, tier-1 suppliers, and the wider big tech industry to deploy billions of dollars on research and development and mergers and acquisitions to secure pole position in the race to develop the immersive user experience.
Seems that we simply have to sit back and wait for very good things to happen to Seeing Machines ........ :-) GLA LTHs
Terry, "Dual facing cameras" !! this is new..... Could this be the first application of our Guardian Gen 3 (Driver monitoring) collaborating with Mobileye's (Road facing) technology ? Or maybe I'm being too optimistic? :-)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/colin-barnden-1081376_audis-of-the-future-will-be-interior-first-activity-7026866579418025984-LDzc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
IUX - Immersive User Experience from Audi.
The coming together of eye-gaze, gesture and voice to completely redefine the ****pit.
It's all coming together nicely for Seeing Machines. GLA LTHs
I have just listened to the Italian Investors Presentation and...... WOW !! Super positive outlook for SEE.
Takeaways
1. Partnering with Magna and Valeo alone gives us at least 60% of the Auto DMS business.
2. SEE already have won the 3 of the top 4 OEMS (VW, Stellantis & Mercedes) only Toyota to go (it may dual source). Announcement of the 12 live RFQs taking longer due to the 'super set' of features being offered (developed in VW win).
3. by 2027 we will be in a minimum of 20 million vehicles (but could be 3 times that amount). Outlook very strong.
4. PMG stated SEE reaching profitability in 2024.
5. AfterMarket..... Fleet business will be bigger than auto for years to come with 35% increases yr/yr.
6. Guardian technology is unique and increasing uptake driven by legislation (proven to reduce fatigue & distraction accidents by 90%) - very low churn, now winning larger global customers like Shell, etc. worth 40% extra value.
7. Aviation 1st major RFQ with Boeing (7 series jet) for our tech into 330 planes and into 18 simulators. higher ASP & support contract will last 30 years. circa $10,000 per unit.
8. Take Over likelihood...... PMG wished to remain independent until 2024 to show success of plans as market is still unaware of our business. Admitted however, that it was inevitable that it (take over) will happen.
9. NASDAQ listing no more funding concerns, may happen if we are still independent .
10. New York Investor Day 6th March - Collaboration Partners will be on stage presenting with us (Magna & Collins ?) US interest will grow and must be bought in open market.
11. PMG mentioned upcoming possible Consolidation of tech solutions (Mobileye + Guardian?) as a 'Scale Event'..... !!
All in all a very positive presentation Well done PMG
Mobileye appear to be geared-up to push their ADAS technology to the truckers of America, hopefully Guardian Gen3 too.
https://ims.mobileye.com/fleets/us/resources/events/
Mobileye Events and Tradeshows Upcoming Events in North America.
World Truck Week 2023 Indianapolis 7th - 10th March Booth #471
Conexpo 2023 Las Vegas 14th - 18th March Booth #N12173
NAFA Fleet Management Association 2023 Baltimore 17th - 19th April Booth #419
IP Utility Safety Expo 2023 Schaumburg 9th - 11th May
NSC Safety Expo 2023 Indianapolis 17th - 19th May
Let's hope that Mobileye do Seeing Machines proud in promoting the new world leading 'holistic' joint safety solution of Guardian Gen3 plus Mobileye ADAS for to manage drivers fatigue, reduce accidents and save lives on roads.
This could bring exciting times for Seeing Machines.
Well worth a read https://www.linkedin.com/posts/colin-barnden-1081376_kpis-strategy-adjacency-activity-7034117407644213248-P_PV?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Seeing Machines has published its latest quarterly #KPIs for cars on road unit production. For the Oct-Dec 2022 quarter, it reported 141,747 units, compared with 60,205 units for the same quarter in 2021. CY22 shipments total about 457,000. Smart Eye does not provide quarterly data, so no comparisons can be made.
Seeing Machines’ whole #strategy is coming into view. The key word is #adjacency and how the main business units each develop a different part of the strategy, which is then shared and reused across all the operating domains. Clever.
Critical is Magna International, which surely played the vital role in bringing #Guardian fleet and #automotive developments together in the rear-view mirror. That looks to be mostly the same product, with Guardian #Gen3 providing audible warnings for after-manufacture installs, but the auto #OEM mirror connecting to safety systems in the car over the CAN bus.
Somewhere in here is a Mobileye partnership, to integrate driver assistance for distance control and lane departure warning for Guardian, and speed control and lane support for auto OEMs. Together that is a solution for #driver #monitoring #DMS #OMS and #ADAS covering OEM and aftermarket fitments to meet both #NCAP requirements and #GSR.
The next frontier for auto is #interiorsensing, and the mirror is the key integration point. Advanced features for interior sensing are already developed, as shown by Magna’s #CES mirror demo. The assumption is interior sensing will be officially launched in New York on Mar. 8. The mirror and advanced features come together with the Qualcomm partnership to create the Immersive User Experience #IUX which will redefine the digital ****pit.
#Aviation plays a key role, with experience gathered using #eyegaze tracking and head-up displays. It is the aviation division that researched instrument scan patterns, leading to the development of real-time glance pattern analysis. From that a “pilot workload” signal was developed. In automotive, pilot workload becomes “driver workload” and this signal combined with a state-of-the-art human/vehicle interface #HVI is how the immersive user experience is made safe. Tech from the #flightdeck is heading for the car.
I will be talking about how all these pieces fit together in #Scottsale, Arizona at AutoSens #InCabin on Mar. 17 in a panel called "Imagining the Immersive User Experience."
https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/china-deeply-concerned-over-ukraine-conflict-vows-to-promote-dialogue/article
Good article - worth a read.
Really interesting article
https://www.wardsauto.com/industry-news/feds-order-recall-all-autopilot-equipped-teslas
Could result in some more be some business coming our way ? hee hee
https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/news/automotive-human-machine-interface-market-size-to-surpass-usd-69-22-billion-with-a-growing-cagr-of-11-04-by-2030
Interesting read into HMI trends and the way the market is heading......
Meanwhile here in SEE, we simply have to be patient a little bit longer. GLA
Wow..... I don't believe what I have just read. This BB's biggest serial disruptor is now complaining that he is getting some negative karma aimed at him. What a laugh from a slimebag who is clearly shorting this stock who is trying to get weak handed holders to sell up to suit his agenda. The long term holders of SEE can see right through him, however it is important to new holders to realise what he is up to. Who in their right mind would constantly and consistently attack a share they are invested in? Have a good weekend everyone.