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#Qualcomm is firmly rooted in the future of the #automotive industry. And, today, we’re excited to announce that the new #PEUGEOT308’s i-****pit will be powered by the #Snapdragon Automotive ****pit Platform. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3c0bVtg

Somehow I cant see Qualcomm making a bid without waking up another sleeping giant. DMS is in the news so SEE will be on a fews radar iam sure.

Bring on the battle of the Titans i say :)

“There’s absolutely been an increase in incidents in drunk driving,” said Alex Otte, the national President of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. “The estimates for the first 6 months of 2021 came out, and those numbers, fatality numbers are worse than they’ve been in 15 years.”

President Biden’s infrastructure plan will set a new rule-making process. The legislation requires the technology must passively monitor the performance of a driver of a vehicle to identify whether the driver may be impaired.

“So NHTSA will have to look at all the different types of technology that is available and they will have to pick one or a combination of several and mandate them in all new vehicles,” said Otte. “There are 3 different categories of technology, driving performance monitoring, driver monitoring, and alcohol detection.”

The monitoring systems are expected to roll out in 2026.

https://www.wsaw.com/2021/11/10/congress-creates-new-requirements-automakers-prevent-drunk-driving/

We should be in a few....Of all the ones mentioned
Vehicles that missed the cut this year include the new Mercedes S-Class, the Volkswagen ID.4, the F-150 for its impressive suite that makes towing, hauling and backing up easier, the Acura MDX, the Lincoln Nautilus and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer, which was one of the first to include Amazon Fire TV in the cabin. All of the awards, including the Tech Lover's Dream, will be announced on November 30.

From augmented reality to phone-as-key, these vehicles have all the technology a buyer could ask for.

Power and capability were the key words in car commercials for most of the 20th century. But now transportation is just one of the many things a car does for the owner's lifestyle. Economy is still important too, but it's the tech that now sells these vehicles. And like we said about last year's tech finalists, the luxury stuff trickles down at an amazing rate.

Cadillac's Super Cruise and other assisted driving features get most of the press, but the other safety, self-parking and even towing and hauling features are just as important. The Mercedes-Benz GLE took the award in our inaugural year, and another Mercedes won it last year. The Germans know how to do impressive tech, though the Swedes aren't far behind.

Vehicles that missed the cut this year include the new Mercedes S-Class, the Volkswagen ID.4, the F-150 for its impressive suite that makes towing, hauling and backing up easier, the Acura MDX, the Lincoln Nautilus and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer, which was one of the first to include Amazon Fire TV in the cabin. All of the awards, including the Tech Lover's Dream, will be announced on November 30.

Here are the three finalists, in no particular order:

https://carbuzz.com/features/2021-carbuzz-awards-finalists-tech-lovers-dream

Those same cameras monitor the driver's attention level while driving, encouraging tired drivers to take a rest or nudging distracted drivers to return their focus to the road.

Drivers will interact with a visual depiction of the digital assistant in the dashboard, which was created by utilizing ray-traced visuals and Nvidia's recently revealed Omniverse Avatar technology.

The combination of Nvidia Drives AV autonomous driving technology, which provides on-demand valet parking, is Drive Concierge's coolest party trick.

https://www.itechpost.com/articles/107746/20211109/nvidias-ai-technology-releases-drive-concierge-voice-assistant-driver-monitoring.htm

The number of US traffic deaths increased 18% year over year in the first six months of 2021, when an estimated 20,160 people died in vehicular crashes, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Meanwhile, a survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found drivers reporting decreases in risky behaviors such as driving while impaired and running red lights, although speeding and distracted driving remain key areas of concern.

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Not many run with a lone striker. Transfer window coming up so hopefully SEE talking to a new broker that matches the company in its next growth stage. .

Even based on Colins graph of 60-65 million units by PA by 2026, he has SEE at 60-65%.

Approx 40 million x A$10-15 = $400-$600m
Fleet 300,000 + connections = $ xxxxx
Aviation = $xxx

I need a better calculator...

Developments in the US relating to the passing of the infrastructure bill have huge implications for road #safety & companies developing safety tech such as #DMS.

The legislation includes an update to the New Car Assessment Program #NCAP & elements of both the Stay Aware For Everyone (SAFE) and Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone (RIDE) Acts.

Highway safety advocates talk of the 4 "Ds" of driving: Distracted, Drowsy, Drunk & Drugged. Drowsy, drunk & drugged driving are forms of impairment & the US legislation can be viewed as tackling impaired driving. Vision-based DMS is the primary safety tech which can measure & assess in real-time the driver's attention level, impairment status and engagement state as related to accident risk.

Europe's General Safety Regulation #GSR has focused more on distraction & drowsiness. US legislation is focused more on impairment (drunk and, in future, drugged). Automakers will likely adopt DMS which provides signals for all possible states, to front-run future changes in policy. Europe & the US are extremely likely to harmonize aspects of their highway safety policies, thus simplifying design decisions & amortizing costs for automakers.

DMS is a system, not just software. These are the critical system considerations:

1. Optical path expertise, leading to reliable, robust & stable measurements of driver head pose, eye-gaze vector, blinks & eye opening in every conceivable operating environment & lighting situation.

2. Availability of training data to train the AI algorithms.

3. Proven competence in human factors & behavioral research, to translate the raw data of driver's eye-gaze & glance patterns into high-level signals for distraction (cognitive & visual), drowsiness, engagement, impairment (drunk & drugged) and driver workload assessment.

To permit the volume growth associated with legislation, system costs must be massively reduced. Automakers look set to adopt an interior camera in the rear-view mirror assembly, with a local processor performing real-time image analytics. This could easily account for 50-70% of all installed DMS units, with the infotainment processor running DMS taking much of the remainder.

The mirror assembly has both space & thermal limitations. Power & price are both costs and automakers are limited to about a 6W power budget for a processor in the mirror, leading towards a hardware optimized solution for the image processor. In time we are likely to see DMS ASICs, but in the short-term, processors such as Xilinx Zynq-7000 & TI Sitara could be very popular.

This leads to a fourth critical system competence for DMS providers: hardware acceleration (silicon optimization). The lowest cost "hardware agnostic" software is of no use in the mirror scenario if it must be run on a high-performance processor that exceeds the 6W power budget.

These, and other, issues are discussed further here: https://lnkd.in/dyp_6y7B

S2020

Almost.....

Hes only been 99% right so far though. Let down on the Volvo prediction unfortunately lol

West ham are at least 100% atm :)

Maps

Iam expecting a good month, hopefully some news, a good results presentation and a proper Broker upgrade to more realistic SP based on Fleet & Auto beating expectations.

As always we wait with baited breath for that life changing RNS or two :)

I wonder? ;)

Nvidia Corp on Tuesday said it was partnering with a range of self-driving sensor companies, including lidar firm Luminar Technologies, to put together a system that automakers can use for driver safety features as soon as 2024.

Nvidia makes the computing chips and a software system for autonomous vehicles. But the Silicon Valley-based company largely left the selection and integration of the various sensors that help a car perceive its environment up to automakers.

Nvida shifted course on Tuesday and selected a variety of sensor partners for a system, including those from Hella, Valeo, Continental AG and Sony Group Corp. Automakers will still be able to choose other sensors, but Nvidia will ensure the ones from its partners work well with its chips and software.

"It really doesn't make a whole lot of sense for every OEM to try and develop their own software stack from scratch," Austin Russell, chief executive of Luminar, one of the suppliers, told Reuters. "I think Nvidia will see a lot of success here because there's someone OEMs can depend on to deliver the right stack without having to spend tens of billions of dollars to get there."

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/nvidia-targets-automakers-2024-models-driver-assistance-hardware-system-2301016

James estimates that by 2026, there will be around 17.5m semi-autonomous and autonomous cars produced with this technology each year.

So 4 1/2 yrs later we would expect that 17.5m to have gone up somewhat ;)

The IMS intelligent ****pit interactive system will continue to pay attention to the dynamics of the drivers and passengers, and actively provide the most needed functions. When getting in the car, send a warm and exclusive greeting; answer the call and silently adjust the volume of the music; if someone smokes, it will be based on Turn on the corresponding car windows at a moderate speed and turn on the air purification system to eliminate second-hand smoke in time...DMS driver fatigue monitoring system recognizes the frequency of blinking and yawning, determines the level of fatigue driving, and uses voice warning, music to refresh, and funny, etc. for fatigue intervention . UNI-K's advanced interactive mode covering all senses, like a caring butler, escorting you wholeheartedly.

https://min.news/en/auto/eb407a6c54f4706251a36b424f89acba.html

Interesting wording ;) Wonder who helped them?

Currently, some convicted drunken drivers must use breathalyzer devices attached to an ignition interlock, blowing into a tube and disabling the vehicle if their blood alcohol level is too high. The legislation doesn’t specify the technology, only that it must “passively monitor the performance of a driver of a motor vehicle to accurately identify whether that driver may be impaired.”

Sam Abuelsamid, principal mobility analyst for Guidehouse Insights, said the most likely system to prevent drunken driving is infrared cameras that monitor driver behavior. That technology is already being installed by automakers such as General Motors, BMW and Nissan to track driver attentiveness while using partially automated driver-assist systems.

The cameras make sure a driver is watching the road, and they look for signs of drowsiness, loss of consciousness or impairment.

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/11/08/congress-mandates-car-technology-drunken-driving/

One day soon all these patents will pop up and everyone claiming they own the best one. So glad we are working with Qualcomm, who know how to monetise licensing.

The patented application can perform 3D face reconstruction in case the face is partially blocked or clipped due to the partial face shape feature that can be used in the field of smart cars such as the driver. We can call it a driver monitoring system.

https://www.huaweinewos.com/huawei-3d-face-reconstruction-that-could-be-used-in-a-driver-monitoring-system-cn1113632098a.html

expect suppliers to perform road safety performance self-monitoring and reporting; and

set standards for scheduling and planning procured driving operations and practices to manage driver fatigue, driver distractions, use of low-risk roads, use of lower risk vehicles, and improved times for travel.
https://automotiveindustrydigest.com/latest-fleet-news/un-decade-of-action-on-road-safety-businesses-to-play-their-part-in-global-plan-to-cut-road-risk/auto-news?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=un-decade-of-action-on-road-safety-businesses-to-play-their-part-in-global-plan-to-cut-road-risk

https://24htech.asia/yancoal-australia-to-expand-use-of-driver-fatigue-monitoring-technology-s35622.html

A single supervisor is monitoring the vehicles remotely and can intervene if necessary. Right now, that relationship is one supervisor per truck, but eventually one supervisor will oversee several trucks, although Narang said profitability is achievable with as few as one supervisor monitoring two trucks. He was quick to note that the supervisor is not controlling the vehicle, though.

“At no point are we doing remote control or teleoperation on the road,” Narang said. “It is an assist, but it is [not remote controlled].”

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-fully-removes-the-driver-from-its-autonomous-trucks