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Thanks for posting Allatsea. The Toll report is very interesting.
Half way through but loved this part in paragraph 103
“He said of the 21 Volvo trucks in the fleet, seven were equipped with Volvo’s driver support system. In cross-examination, Mr Felsovary said he was aware the safety technology in the Volvo trucks does not use infrared technology.[141] He said of new Volvo vehicles, the Guardian system has been installed in addition to the Volvo support system.[142]”
So our tech is better then the latest Volvo truck safety technology according to Toll.
What vindication. Now who was it moaning and looking for signs of progress recently? Probably someone who can’t be arsed to DYOR or read in detail what gets posted.

New note out.

In the playoffs
We have entered the playoffs – everything is to be settled in a few quarters time
Smart Eye made a good point in the earnings report around its DMS market being driven by structural growth from regulation and Euro NCAP, as opposed to the shaky, cyclical automotive industry as a whole. Smart Eye added that this is of course not just related to China but all other regions as well. We see lots of industry activity from tier-1s and OEMs, although the summer has been quiet in terms of new deals. This only means that the outcome is getting closer and in a couple of quarters, the DMS war will essentially be over. By the time the smoke from the tenders clears during next year, we believe that all of the top 10 OEMs that together produce almost 70% of all cars, will have chosen their partners. We believe Smart Eye is well-positioned with a wide tier-1 network, but as it is tricky to pin down exactly who works with who we have not speculated on coming program awards in this update.
SEK 6bn in RFQs remaining – then all major OEMs will have decided
The total platform value of the ongoing RFQs is about SEK 5.7 bn, not SEK 10 bn. This is because Smart Eye has already won contracts worth of SEK 2bn for the Korean OEM and SEK 2.3 bn for the combined contract from the two Japanese/European OEMs. We believe the RFQs that are about to be finalized are from e.g. Volkswagen, Volvo, Honda and PSA. Toyota is also procuring, but given its close ties with Denso (incl. Fotonation) we believe this is a bit of a long shot. We still believe the tier-1 nominations could happen this year, although it looks like these deals will trickle down to the tier-1s (Smart Eye) in 2020.

HEALTH
Eyes show if employees are too tired to work safely, says Nasa
By Sarah Knapton
WHEN the Challenger space shuttle exploded in 1986, killing all seven crew members, an inquiry concluded that human error, driven by fatigue and long hours at Nasa, was largely to blame.
A presidential commission on the accident found that some managers had slept for just two hours before arriving for a 1am shift on the day of the launch, leading to poor judgment.
Now, 33 years on, the US space agency has found a way to test if people are too tired to make important decisions or carry out tricky tasks, having discovered that the eyes will always give people away.
Experts at Nasa’s Ames Research Centre in California found that changes in eye movement as people tracked a moving red marker on a screen could be used to detect small neural deficits brought on by sleep deprivation.
Dr Lee Stone, of the Visuomotor Control Laboratory at Nasa, said: “There are significant safety ramifications for workers who may be performing tasks that require precise visual coordination. We could not only detect sleepiness, but distinguish it from other factors, such as alcohol use.”
Sleep deprivation can be fatal, making industrial accidents 70 per cent more likely and playing a role in one third of all motor accidents. But unlike a breath test, there has never been a way to determine if someone is too tired to be carrying out difficult tasks.
Numerous disasters have been blamed on lack of sleep. At Chernobyl, scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986, Soviet engineers had been working for 13 hours. A Swedish study found that overtired people were nearly twice as likely to be killed in a work-related accident.
To find a baseline for normal eye movement, 12 participants were asked to sleep for eight and a half hours a night for two weeks and abstain from alcohol, caffeine or drugs.
They were then kept awake for 28 hours to monitor how their visual and eye-movement performance changed.
The trial involved following a moving red target on a screen. Acceleration in the eye was found to be 15 per cent slower in overtired people. The measurements can be taken by optometrists who can then tell if an employee is too tired to work. The study was published in The Journal of Physiology.
From the Daily Telegraph today

Nice that we seem to get mentioned by name now.

https://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Auto/Driverless-cars-may-be-coming--but-let-s-not-get-carried-away/688614-5217908-20nsrvz/index.html

The article is now coming up as an article I might be interested in on Google Home page. I know that is probably based on algorithms of previous viewing history but still exciting when you have had to look under rocks for 6 years to find a mention of SEE previously!

Thus, the 2020 semi-autonomous Mercedes-Benz S-Class will feature a camera-based DMS as will Byton’s electric M-Byte, scheduled for release in Europe in 2020.

They’re not alone, Volvo is planning to introduce them into its premium range, based on the next generation SPA2 platform from the early 2020s, most likely starting with the XC90. Ford and Fiat Chrysler are also introducing it into premium pick-up trucks for the US market but are expected to extend coverage soon to European models.

The laggards appear to be the major Japanese car manufacturers, surprising given that Toyota introduced the first such system over a decade ago in a Lexus. Yet, Toyota is believed to be testing a DMS system with Seeing Machines, who developed those in the Cadillac CT6 and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. It will most likely debut in a Lexus, possibly the crossover based on the LF-1 concept that is rumoured to be released in 2021.

Not much volume today really, 12 M

Great find, interesting short list

Most Innovative In-Cabin Application

Recognising the most innovative in-cabin application of imaging components or sensing systems.

Seeing Machines – FOVIO Driver Monitoring Technology
Daimler – MBUX Interior Assistant
Eyeris – In-vehicle Scene Understanding AI
Intuition Robotics – Platform Q
Phasya – Advanced software for driver/passenger monitoring
Texas Instruments and D3 Engineering – DMS starter kit

SEE used to say to OEMs if you want to work with us you must shut down all competing programs. Wonder if that applies to Tier 1 as well? If that is the case then it will be a no to allowing Veoneer to work with 2 dms providers. Who knows anything with this share anyway!

Schmeil or similar, late post Tuesday evening I recall. Good to credit posters adding value.

Supercruise
At 10 mins “The goal is to make it available as much as possible”
Worth watching, hearing them all getting excited about Supercruise, head of marketing at GM being told to push the publicity on SC. She agrees and promises a major uplift soon. Timing not right for the XT6.

20th June 2019 Birmingham
Sponsored be SEE
Driving whilst tired is a high-risk behaviour and fatigue is known to play a role in a large number of crashes*. Fatigue, like other impairments such as alcohol and drugs, affects driving ability. However, alcohol- and drug-related impairment can be measured to identify risk potential but doing the same for fatigue is very difficult.

Fatigue is particularly dangerous because it can affect anyone, regardless of experience or lifestyle choices. At-work drivers can be particularly vulnerable since they tend to spend long hours driving, drive at night and may have irregular sleep schedules.

Brake and MiX Telematics have developed a seminar, sponsored by Seeing Machines, to:
increase awareness of the effects of driving while tired
what techniques and technology can help the risks associated with fatigued driving, and
how to effectively manage this risk within commercial transport and logistics fleets.

TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE
Tesla owners call on EU to repeal ‘crippling’ new self-driving rules
By Olivia Rudgard in San Francisco
TESLA fans are calling on European authorities to repeal restrictive self-driving rules that they say “cripple” the company’s Autopilot system.
Owners are complaining about changes to the flagship driver assistance system, which puts stricter limitations on turns and lane changes.
Tesla’s Autopilot system has been used on European roads as part of its earlier car models for almost four years, but the California-based company has recently had to update its systems to comply with new UN regulations that were adopted by the EU last year.
A petition calling on UN lawmakers to stop “stifling” the programme has attracted almost 4,000 signatures, and drivers claim the most recent ­update has limited the turning abilities of the Autopilot system, leading it to abandon manoeuvres halfway through if the turn angle gets too tight.
Tesla’s own note to customers states that the update “may reduce Autosteer’s ability to complete sharp turns”.
The company regularly updates the car’s systems remotely when drivers are connected to the internet, introducing new features and modifying the car’s abilities.
Some European Tesla drivers are opting not to upgrade to the new ­system as a result of the criticism. “You just can’t have a driver assistance system that suddenly gives up control in the middle of a manoeuvre,” said one driver on a Tesla forum.
Olly Ryan, a British YouTuber who regularly posts videos showing off the car’s abilities on his channel Tesla Driver, said he found the new features “less than impressive”.
“I feel they are unneeded and have actually forced a more unsafe version of Autopilot to be pushed out due to rushed and inappropriate new regulations by the EU, which is unfair on ­Tesla,” he said.
The regulations adopted by the EU are part of UN safety rules, which apply to cars that have level two automation – a stage at which drivers are still supposed to be paying full attention and in control of the car. Jean-Isaias Rodriguez, chief of the information unit at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, said: “It is good for safety that Tesla implements these limits,” adding that safety was the “first priority” of the UN’s working group on vehicle automation.
He said the turn limitations were “for safety reasons”, adding that the rule “does not sound very stringent or unreasonable”.
The rules also say that Autopilot must change lanes within five seconds of signalling, a move that Mr ­Rodriguez said was designed to make sure the driver was paying attention during the entire manoeuvre. ­“Allowing a longer time would be at the cost of safety for the driver, since drivers would stop carefully monitoring the manoeuvre if the manoeuvre lasts too long, and for cars behind, which would expect an imminent lane change that may fail to take place,” he said.
The European Transport Safety Council said Tesla cou

Toyota are planning on providing their driverless e-Palette cars to transport competitors around the athlete's village as part of a 3,000 strong fleet. This will be alongside two different types of new 'fuel cell' vehicles powered by a chemical reaction between oxygen and hydrogen. The driverless e-Palette, which was conceptually unveiled in January 2018, will be fully electric, shaped like a cube and minus a driver's seat and steering wheel – or any manual controls at all.

You do realise this article is a year old? Euro Ncap to release details shortly! Hmmm

Thanks S7, I enjoy trying to predict how little you will add to the understanding of this Company. You have a great skill in constantly adding negative spin to everything on this board and you are obsessed with posting on here. Perhaps a new hobby would help? Something to get you through to 2020 when you may well be a moaning millionaire!

I just wonder if these new teams have left it too late. With legislation and safety pressures, 2years will be too late. This is a great advantage for companies that have auto grade solutions ready to go now. Still all proves that DMS is the future, just need to get our share. 2 out of 2 in recent announcements is a great start.

The actual post wasn’t on here, only a brief summary. Not worth searching for but from memory they did post the name of the person making the comment. Might be an avenue to explore

So Ford are saying driverless will be delayed, fancy that!
Good article to show support for DMS over the near future for sure

https://www.wired.com/story/ford-taps-brakes-arrival-self-driving-cars/amp

Imagine if there was a company that had great DMS technology, using over th3 air updates to keep it all current. Imagine if that company also had an airline section working in the latest flight console tech. Would probably be too much to expect they would have a human factors section and millions of miles of useful data. I bet if that Company exists it could raise new shares at a really great price. !!