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Experience with Qualcomm processors: cores ARM / DSP / ISP / NPU

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Cabin Monitoring Systems (CMS) is a new and rapidly growing area in automotive industry that provides life-saving products such as driver drowsiness/attention monitoring, seat belt recognition, child seat detection as well as convenience features such as gesture recognition.

Our team works closely on camera based systems starting from OS deployment, drivers, core components through imager configuration and video transition, image processing and various tools development.

As the Expert Software Engineer you will be actively involved in the entire software development process. You will also have opportunity to work with experienced software engineers and increase your knowledge and experience.

Your role:

C / C++ code development for embedded automotive and Windows Tools dedicated to Cabin Monitoring Systems
Create, maintain software, documentation and tests
Cooperate with other competencies (incl. Systems/ EE/ Test Engineering)
Your Background:

Very good knowledge of C / C++
MSc or Bachelor degree in Electronics or Computer Science / Electronics or related
Good English language skills
Additional advantages:

Experience with Qualcomm processors: cores ARM / DSP / ISP / NPU
Experience with control and video transmission 2D / 3D cameras, image processing, configuration of ISP
Experience with QNX/Linux, script programming, drivers, NEON
Experience with of QT framework
Experience with Functional Safety

China = Qualcomm again.

As the flagship SUV model of Great Wall Motors, the Haval H6 has long been a popular choice for customers in China. The latest model features a new and modern hatchback design along with Nobo's smart DCC platform that integrates features such as Windshield Head-Up Display (W-HUD), In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) and cluster display, 360 degree Around View Monitor (AVM), Driver Monitoring System (DMS), occupant monitoring systems (OMS), Voice Recognition and Navigation to allow for an interactive and comfortable driving experience.

Armed with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 processor and the highly reliable BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS and QNX Hypervisor, the new Haval H6S allows for scalability and flexibility in its DCC design. The ability to consolidate multiple systems with mixed criticality and different operating environments onto a single hardware platform, effectively reduces both the model's initial development and long-term costs of ownership, while still ensuring industry-leading safety and security.

https://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/BlackBerry+%28BB%29+Selected+by+Nobo+Technologies+for+Advanced+Digital+****pit+Controller+in+Great+Wall+Motors+Haval+H6S/18872138.html

The safety and driver-assist list includes forward-collision warning, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, front and rear parking sensors, blind-spot monitoring, lane-keeping assist, and rear cross-traffic detection. The Velar’s Wade Sensing system comes in handy when off-roading through streams or deep water, measuring the water’s depth and displaying an image on the touchscreen monitor. A driver monitor watches for signs of drowsy or inattentive driving, prompting the driver to pay attention.

https://www.autotrader.com/comparisons/2022-land-rover-range-rover-velar-choosing-the-right-trim

From years ago at CES you would of thought it came to fruition? Wonder what happened?
Jaguar Land Rover revealed a pioneering new safety technology at this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The Driver Monitor System, developed in conjunction with Seeing Machines and Intel, has the potential to set a new benchmark in road safety.

The software uses attention-monitoring sensors in a vehicle’s dashboard to detect eye and facial movements, allowing it to identify if the driver has become inattentive, either due to drowsiness or distraction. It is so sophisticated it can understand the state of the driver in real world conditions, including bright sunlight and if the driver is wearing glasses or sunglasses.

DMS was developed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new R&D facility in Portland, Oregon, and while it was demonstrated in a Jaguar F-Type prototype, Nick Langdale-Smith, Vice President of Seeing Machines, believes the technology holds huge potential for other Land Rover vehicles.

He said: "The algorithm we have developed for DMS has the potential to seamlessly enable a host of safety and autonomous driving features and reduce the potential for accidents caused by the driver not paying attention.

https://www.landrover.com/experiences/news/jlr-new-driver-monitor-system.html

6. Driver fatigue monitoring system, the infrared system in the middle of the steering wheel will monitor in real time while driving. When fatigue driving information such as "yawning" appears, the anti-fatigue monitoring system will remind by voice to reduce driving risk.

https://inf.news/en/auto/d1ebdaed47f4f1f7787c3d30f1c57c33.html

always good to see good reviews with SEE in.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykarcz/2021/08/27/5-reasons-why-the-mustang-mach-e-should-be-your-next-car/?sh=3e65345d2028

Schlem
They have to be the favourite atm. Lets hope the SP rises before anyone bids though. But then anyone could join in i guess?

They certainly have a plan and have the cash.

Why does Qualcomm want Veoneer?
Veoneer is an automotive company that designs, develops, and manufactures software, hardware, and systems for advanced driver assistance systems ("ADAS"). It was spun off from Autoliv (ALV) and thus officially founded only in 2018. Veoneer is not yet profitable but has net sales of $1.37 billion. The largest customer is Daimler, followed by Hyundai/Kia and Ford.

Veoneer sees massive growth opportunities in the ADAS-related market, even though fully self-driving cars are still only a dream for the future. Nevertheless, the trend toward more driver assistance and cooperative driving is there. Here, Veoneer expects more than 90% of the market to be available for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in the next decade.

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4447583-qualcomms-next-5-billion-move-and-what-it-means-for-investors

Good to see it at 60-65%. Not sure including China? All i see coming out of China is snapdragon recently so some might still think Colin is being conservative. Paul did say recently in a video that be 2 or 1 main DMS suppliers.

Once the market sees the contracts start to be delivered, hopefully in next few months then hopefully we be on our way out of the current SP.

Lewbo you better phone the ships draftsman and start designing ;)

This slide presents my latest estimates for #automotive #DMS market shares, with analysis for 2026. I chose to focus on that year because the nominations will mostly have been made by then and the regulatory picture much clearer, leading to stabilizing market shares.

There will be a lot of "nomination noise" in the next 6-24 months, so I devised a series of metrics called "KCIs" (Key Competency Indicators) to maintain focus on the big picture. The share estimates are based on the ten metrics shown in the slide, which I have discussed in more detail in a soon to be published EE Times article.

The KCIs point overwhelmingly to a dominant position for Seeing Machines, potentially with a number 1 factor 3 market share. Smart Eye is a worthy supplier, but in dire need of converting its well-publicized design-wins into vehicles reaching start of production (SoP). Companies survive long term on revenue growth, not PR. Cipia establishes credibility from a relationship with Mobileye to take third place.

My analyst's view is there is a clear lack of understanding of just how demanding "OEM automotive grade" DMS actually is. The test, validation and verification processess for automotive #software are simply brutal.

ISO 26262 is a serious standard and represents a phenomenal barrier to entry both to established eye tracking companies in adjacent markets (such as Tobii) and even to the #tech giants more adept at writing commercial-grade software (such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft). This is why Mobileye still dominates ADAS forward camera and also why it continues to exist as a standalone business unit within Intel.

In terms of M&A, I expect Cipia and Jungo to have been bought by the end of this year. Whether Seeing Machines continues long-term as an independent company will largely be decided by its leading institutional investors.

Note, I use the term "DMS" for simplicity, which includes driver, occupant and in-cabin (interior sensing) monitoring. The #growth possibility are staggering. In 2026 I estimate an automotive DMS market size in the range of 60-65 million units.

If you are an existing or potential investor in DMS and seek independent analysis of the leading #technology suppliers, current state of the market and future direction, I can be booked for telephone-based consultancy via GLG and Guidepoint. Just ask for me by name.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6836951425864503296-bwXy

S20230

Iam sure Cenkos said win rate was 70% in one of his recent notes. So your $400 will probably be $600m +

Lets see once its announced as a % of the $900. By then the next $900m will be in the RFQ stage ;)

Should be a good seller....

GM’s hands-free driver assistance system will be available as an option on the Hummer EV. First available in Cadillac luxury cars, the driver’s assistance system is now landing in select GM vehicles. The system allows drivers to remove their hands from the steering wheel while it is engaged. The driver still has to pay attention to the road and traffic and is monitored via a sensor on the steering column.

Also, Super Cruise will only work on highways already mapped to support it. So don’t expect to turn it on while cruising down a back road. Still, it’s one of the best advanced driver assistance systems on the market today, and soon it’ll be in a giant EV Hummer.

https://www.kbb.com/car-news/hummer-ev-features/

Another interesting aspect of this wheel are the status lights, which are reminiscent of the steering wheel status lights used on GM vehicles equipped with its hands-free Super Cruise technology. The lights will illuminate fully on either side when the vehicle is in autonomous mode, letting the occupants know the vehicle has full control. In human driving mode, orange status lights appear on the right-hand side of the wheel, likely to demonstrate the distance to the traffic ahead.

A fully autonomous passenger vehicle is still quite a long way out, so it’s doubtful we’ll see a rectangular steering wheel like this on a GM production car anytime soon. That said, it’s still interesting to see GM designers working out ways to integrate future tech into passenger vehicles.

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/08/gm-design-team-shows-off-futuristic-steering-wheel-concept/

Another important feature that both Super Cruise and BlueCruise have that is missing from Teslas TSLA -0.9% is a driver monitor system (DMS). This consists of a infrared emitters and a corresponding camera that watches the driver’s face looking for eye gaze and head position. If the DMS determines that the driver is not watching the road for more than 2-3 seconds it provides an alert to pay attention and if the driver doesn’t respond, the system will begin to slow the vehicle and bring it to a stop.

Missing lightbars

The Super Cruise lightbar goes blue when the system is ready, green when active and red to alert the driver. Unless the driver is unconscious, it’s almost impossible to miss what mode the system is in. The same is not true with BlueCruise. There is no lightbar in the Fords and all indicators are in the digital instrument cluster. With the predominantly blue theme, it’s not nearly as obvious what the current status is.

Ford explains that they opted not use the lightbar because people with various types of color blindness may not be able to distinguish the colors. While that is a valid point, at least when the driver’s attention is required, the driver will clearly see the flashing of the lightbar and redundant indicators are also present in the cluster. I suspect the absence of the lightbar has more to do with cost than functionality.

Once the lightbar tells a GM driver to take the wheel, Super Cruise also has an advantage in detecting the driver’s response. The GM steering wheels have capacitive sensors built in to detect when hands are on the wheel, something Jeep is including even with its hands on active driver assist on the new Wagoneer. Ford is relying on a torque sensor just like Tesla to try to detect the driver’s hands on the wheel, a much less reliable system.

Once BlueCruise is active, it seemed to generally function similarly to first-gen Super Cruise. The gap maintenance and lane centering were fine with minimal wandering between the lines. Genesis also has lane centering for its hands-on highway drive assist on the new G80 and GV80 and it has a feature that both Super Cruise and BlueCruise lack. When passing large trucks, if there is no vehicle in the opposite lane, the Genesis system will nudge the vehicle over toward the lane edge away from the truck to provide a bit of extra clearance and safety. I’d like to see all of these hands-free systems do the same.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2021/08/26/ford-bluecruise-still-has-catching-up-to-do/?sh=1107ab0927d5

Aconcept
It certainly looks that way. 8-9yrs I think ive been buying like many on here. Some even longer.

In reality unless taken out by a big boy 2022 was always the Year that Auto kicked in with 99.9% of the Companys value (according to brokers)

Iam looking forward to more Aviation news and good Fleet numbers by January 1/2 Year results hopefully. Then someone may add a nice chunk to allow for these 2 divisions?

As always the wait will be there but hopefully with a trickle of news the SP will be alot higher.

Roll on 2022 though :)

Aconcept

As Paul said in his last interview its out of his hands. Drops when it drops. Could get something any day.

We know lots of model news, OEM contracts in the pipeline at RFQ. Normal waiting game.

Once we see who gets what slice of the $900 m cake then we will know who the real king of DMS/OMS is?

Hope 1st news on this comes sooner rather than later ;)

Sure be a few SEYE thinking they backed the wrong horse atm?

Key information not disclosed in Smart Eye interim report, published today at https://lnkd.in/eF-uBSaV

1. Number of automotive tier one partners.
2. Number of new models reaching start of production (SoP) in CY21.
3. Number of vehicles produced with Smart Eye DMS software in CY21 (translates into license fees which drives revenues).

Main customer (BMW) has reported delivery numbers up 44% for 2Q21.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6836588589535547392-zKL2

Shallwe

Thats ok for the offices and IP but need to add Auto and Fleet income. Anyone is buying future business.

I do wonder if Fleet & Aviation on its own could be worth that.

They should talk to SEE....

Eye tracking may be a useful tool to investigate pilot monitoring and develop and conduct training. There is increased interest from airlines to use eye-tracking technologies in flight simulators. However, much is still unknown about how to best utilize eye-tracking data in pilot training. This paper presents eye-tracking results from a pilot-monitoring training study with 19 pilots. All pilots completed 15 monitoring challenges across four operational scenarios in a B737-700 full flight simulator. In addition, the study investigated the impact of having the flight director engaged or disengaged on the pilot monitoring side in the final approach. It was hypothesized that pilots would focus less on the primary flight display with the flight director off and look more around in the ****pit. To assess this, pilots performed half of the scenarios with the flight director on and half with the flight director off. However, pilots monitoring tended to look less at the primary flight display with the flight director on as indicated by lower Proportion Dwell Times, contrary to the hypothesis. Next, eye-tracking data were analyzed from two monitoring challenges involving waypoint restrictions and two involving extending the flaps at appropriate airspeeds. Pilots that successfully completed the challenges appeared to focus more on areas of interest that contained the most relevant information to successfully complete the challenge. In addition, successful pilots seemed to adapt their monitoring strategy more to the challenge at hand as observed by a distinct shift in focus on either the primary flight display or the navigation display depending on the challenge. Our findings suggest the importance of flexible gaze allocation across specific situations and raise the question whether and to what degree prespecified patterns of eye fixation can be identified and trained.

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2021-2995

Bosch at the IAA Mobility 2021
Interior monitoring enhances safety, comfort, and convenience for all vehicle occupants.
The system is able to detect driver distraction, signs of drowsiness, and even whether a child has been left behind in the vehicle, and it alerts the driver to critical situations. Safety systems, such as the seat belt alert function, are further enhanced using information acquired from the vehicle interior. Besides the various safety-related applications, the solution also provides a range of innovative interaction options, like gesture control for distraction-free operation of the infotainment system. Vehicle interior monitoring systems will in future be absolutely essential in automated vehicles for ascertaining whether the driver is able to take control of the vehicle in a particular situation.

https://www.bosch-mobility-solutions.com/en/solutions/interior/interior-monitoring-systems/

Was Harman one of the Logos on the presentation one time, i cant remember?

Monitoring Drivers and Occupants

HARMAN’s In-Cabin Monitoring System, which is comprised on Driver Monitoring System (DMS) and Occupant Monitoring Systems (OMS), use camera sensors to capture important first-order biometric features of drivers and occupants, such as gaze, head position and pupil diameter, among many other key facial features. It detects minute fluctuations in pupil diameter and calculates brain activity level, especially high cognitive load.

HARMAN Driver Monitoring System

DMS analyzes the driver of the vehicle.

Key Functions:
Driver drowsiness
Driver distraction
Gaze detection
Hands on wheel detection
Body pose
Air bag cocooning
Seat belt recognition
Health status

HARMAN Occupant Monitoring System

OMS analyzes the other vehicle occupants and objects in the cabin.

Key Functions:
Driver drowsiness
Driver distraction
Gaze detection
Hands on wheel detection
Seat belt recognition
Health status
Child seat detection ?
Key Features

https://car.harman.com/solutions/adas/in-cabin-monitoring-systems