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Moreover, the Joint Safety Council recommends DoD aircraft acquisition leaders develop physiological standards for each new military airframe being considered for acquisition to use in screening and "to ensure that the pilot/operator is able to successfully perform at optimal levels across the spectrum of the weapons system’s capabilities," the report said.

"With real-time pilot monitoring in the ****pit it’s going to have to be a multi-variant approach," Garcia said.

Garcia, who holds a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Applied Cognition in addition to experience as an Army and Naval Sea human factors engineer, said the goal of their program is to develop a sensor suite that can measure a variety of physiological conditions. "All of the different possible sensors out there have extensive roots in the medical world. Things like brain blood flow measurement, saturation of blood, eye tracking behavior, and the lowest hanging fruit is the behavioral inputs. What you’re doing with the avionics suite on the aircraft, are you pushing buttons? Are you giving the stick and throttle inputs, if you’re not giving any inputs that’s a leading indicator to say something’s wrong with the pilot," he said.

https://www.aviationtoday.com/2020/12/18/can-real-time-pilot-monitoring-help-reduce-military-pilot-unexplained-physiological-events/

Iam sure there are! When in one of the most secretive industries & all those NDAs we only get crumbs of news.

Sgreen

Quick draw Mcdraw they call me lol

Interesting what i posted last night 19:13 said this...

The company counts as its customers BMW, Daimler, General Motors/Cadillac, Jaguar Land Rover, Byton, Caterpillar, Coach USA, Veoneer, Transport for London, Progress Rail, and Emirates Airlines.

Exceptional reporting from Junko Yoshida, this is more accurate than most of the "market research" I've seen on #DMS. I believe market forces will overwhelm the Euro NCAP, For Safer Cars decisions in 2021, these are the three known but unquantifiable DMS trends I am watching out for:

1. Cerence Inc. Look. Why is no one looking? Combination of natural language processing and DMS with eye-gaze tracking. First model likely to be BMW Group iX, others sure to follow.
2. Qualcomm infotainment using DMS with eye-gaze tracking. First automaker might be JLR. Google Android Automotive might be developed on this platform. Could be absolutely huge.
3. Qualcomm ADAS using DMS with eye-gaze tracking (Veoneer JV). First automaker might be General Motors.

All three are very high performance examples of DMS, and in my estimation will use software from Seeing Machines.
Qualcomm automotive technology days are at end of January and we'll know more then.

The DMS picture will be much clearer in 12 months and we'll know the major winners by end of 2021. What is evident is no major tech company can develop robust DMS and compete in automotive. The "Mobileye of DMS" is one of the companies mentioned in this article.

https://lnkd.in/dvxyv6a

P5

ADAM CogTec
Israel’s ADAM CogTec stands for Adaptive Driver’s Attention Management Cognition Technology. ADAM CogTec claims it was the first company to add a cognition layer to a DMS that can detect and even predict driver impairment due to factors such as distraction, alcohol consumption, substance abuse, and/or fatigue. ADAM CogTec monitors drivers’ perception and attention in real-time while analyzing the cognitive resources required for driving via eye/pupil/eyelid/face tracking, AI, and algorithms. The goal is to keep drivers alert and relaxed prior to and during moments when transfers of control to and from autonomous driving systems (for instance, in SAE Level 3 driving) happen so that these transfers can take place effectively and seamlessly. Proof-of-concept testing has confirmed that ADAM CogTec’s DMS has been able to deliver significant improvements in safety and driver performance, including in aftermarket vehicle installations. ADAM CogTec is aiming to sell its DMS to trucking, delivery/logistics, and fleet management companies in the near future.

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Affectiva
Affectiva, based in Boston, specializes in analyzing biometric data to detect emotions, measure responses, and study human behavior. Affectiva uses TensorFlow Lite deep-learning AI-equipped sensing technology to scan and analyze all occupants in a vehicle. The DMS measures distraction, drowsiness, and other cognitive states via body posture, mood and emotion detection, and facial expression analysis. In addition to boosting safety for all car occupants, comfort can be improved for passengers via cabin climate, lighting, and music adjustments. Affectiva’s DMS can even tell if objects or children have been left behind in a vehicle. Affectiva’s reference databases contain data for more than 9.7 million unique faces from 90 countries and 6 years’ worth of video. Affectiva’s DMS supports both RGB and near-infrared cameras typically integrated by an automaker OEM or Tier 1 supplier into a rear-view mirror or roof module. The company’s DMS can run in real-time on systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) alongside other services. Affectiva customers include automakers BMW, Hyundai, and Porsche; Tier 1 auto suppliers Aptiva, Aisin, and Faurecia; and AV technology companies NVIDIA, Veoneer, and Wind River.

DTS
DTS, based in San Jose, California, produces next-generation audio, imaging, and sensing technology. Readers may be familiar with DTS sound systems in movie theaters, home entertainment systems, and digital radio. DTS’s parent company Xperi acquired DMS maker FotoNation in 2008. DTS’s (formerly FotoNation’s) DMS is called AutoSense, and it’s capable of scanning and identifying all occupants in a vehicle (including animals), detecting human emotions, and perceiving attentiveness, alertness, and focus via body-centric analytics, gaze tracking, and iris recognition. AutoSense can increase driving safety and deliver personalized ****pit feature settings. DTS customers and partners include electronics and AV platform development companies Denso (see above), Sony, Kyocera, VeriSilicon, Socionext, and Huawei.

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Denso
Japan’s Denso is one of the world’s largest Tier 1 auto parts suppliers and is 25% owned by Toyota. Denso calls its DMS a Driver Status Monitor, and it utilizes a camera with a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and prism-refracted, LED-emitted near-infrared illumination to scan and analyze a driver’s face (even if they’re wearing sunglasses) and physical traits (including eye and facial-contour attributes) to detect distraction, carelessness, and/or drowsiness. Image-recognition technology compares the scans to a reference database of 6,000 files that are stored in the system. Anomalies trigger actions and/or alerts of the driver. The system is equally functional no matter what time of day it’s used. Customers of Denso include Toyota (which accounts for 40-50% of its sales), Honda, Mazda, Hyundai/KIA, and many other automaker OEMs.

Smart Eye
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden and founded in 1999, Smart Eye calls itself “the global leader in eye tracking.” Like DMSes from other vendors on this list, Smart Eye’s DMS can identify individual drivers and activate personalized preferences for connected devices such as seats and mirrors, audio players, etc. Car ****pit functions can be activated with a driver’s gaze and/or voice instead of physical touch. And of course, Smart Eye’s DMS scans a driver’s face, eye, and head movements to draw conclusions about attention, focus, and alertness. The Smart Eye DMS can work with additional ****pit cameras to monitor other car occupants and adjust settings for safety features, such as airbags. It can also work with data from camera and radar sensors to make AI-based judgments to enable or disable enhanced warnings. Smart Eye claims that the feature set for its DMS is the most extensive of any system on the market. Among Smart Eye’s customers and partners are China’s Geely/Volvo, multiple German automaker OEMs, and chipmakers NXP and NVIDIA.

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Eyesight Technologies
Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Eyesight Technologies is a leader in computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) that was founded in 2005. The company holds dozens of patents and offers both a DMS, called Driver Sense, and an OMS, called Cabin Sense. Driver Sense can both identify individual drivers and personalize in-cabin environmental parameters according to their preferences. Driver Sense can differentiate people by age, gender, and face. It monitors gaze, pupil dilation, eyelid blink rate and duration, and head position and orientation to detect sleep, drowsiness, and/or distraction (often before drivers themselves are aware of these states). In addition, Driver Sense can detect cellphone use and/or smoking. Car systems can be informed of a driver’s state in real-time, and alerts and other precautionary measures can be triggered. Driver Sense’s logic is built on extensive academic research and simulation testing conducted by Eyesight’s engineers. The company’s solutions are available for inclusion in OEM production or as aftermarket products. Eyesight customers include Volkswagen subsidiary SEAT; auto parts suppliers Samsung/Harman, Exsun, Soling, and Hefei Zhixin; and chipmaker Ambarella.

Valeo
Valeo, based in Créteil, France near Paris, is a Tier 1 auto parts supplier that manufactures sensors and electronics for vehicles, including AVs. First introduced in 2018, the company’s Valeo Driver Monitoring DMS can identify individual drivers to set in-vehicle preferences, monitor eye direction and opening fluctuation for attentiveness and fatigue, and activate alerts when drowsiness is detected or eyes are off the road for a specific period. The DMS can also use the driver’s gaze to activate car ****pit interface elements, allowing functions to be actuated without the driver needing to physically touch any controls. The DMS can work in concert with the company’s Hands On/Off Detection (HOD) system that can tell if a driver’s hands are placed on a vehicle’s steering wheel. This information can be relayed to a car’s electronic control units (ECUs) and/or AV platform and can trigger alerts and/or other actions. Valeo’s customers include General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Porsche, Daimler, BMW, Scania, Jaguar Land Rover, Groupe PSA, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, Honda, Subaru, Hyundai/KIA, Geely/Volvo, Great Wall Motors, BYD, and Tata.

Interesting whos on the customer list for SEE........

17.12.2020Author / Editor: Seth Lambert / Nicole Kareta
While driver monitoring may have been looked at some years ago as a “nice-to-have” or “extra” feature for autonomous vehicles, it’s quickly becoming an integral part of advanced platforms for these automobiles. Here are some of the leaders in this technology.

Automakers that have been especially ambitious in integrating driver monitoring technology include General Motors, which employed a DMS when it launched its Super Cruise AV features in 2017; Ford, which has developed an electrocardiography (ECG) reader—a biometric DMS technology that’s integrated into a vehicle’s driver’s seat—for some of its upcoming vehicles; and Nissan, which is using an infrared-based DMS with its ProPilot 2.0 SAE Level 3 autonomous driving system on its Skyline models in Japan (Nissan also has been promoting DMSes as a way to cut down on drunk driving).

Below are some of the other leaders and pioneers in the field of driver monitoring. Note that in a few cases, some of these companies also offer vehicle occupant monitoring systems (OMSes) and solutions, which come with their own benefits for both safety and convenience.
Seeing Machines
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Canberra, Australia, Seeing Machines also has based its DMS technology on decades of academic research on human behavior and AI. The company’s FOVIO DMS works with automotive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and other AV platform technology to monitor alertness and detect distractions. Specifically, for companies testing AV features and systems, Seeing Machines has launched its Guardian Backup DMS, which utilizes FOVIO and can be retrofitted into existing vehicles and customized according to client parameters. Data from Guardian can be synchronized with other vehicle inputs and/or used to trigger different types of alerts (audible, visual, and vibratory). The system works even if a driver is wearing glasses, jewelry, cosmetics, headscarves, and/or caps or hats. Seeing Machines’ solutions are used by more than 200 commercial trucking and transport fleets worldwide. The company counts as its customers BMW, Daimler, General Motors/Cadillac, Jaguar Land Rover, Byton, Caterpillar, Coach USA, Veoneer, Transport for London, Progress Rail, and Emirates Airlines.

https://www.mes-insights.com/these-are-the-driver-monitoring-system-leaders-in-2020-a-987866/?r2

Great progress in fleet safety as UK Govt confirms it will only buy Euro NCAP 5 star cars from 31/12/2020. This new commitment is contained in recently updated ‘Buying Standard for Transport’. Fine example for other Govts & public bodies worldwide to follow; using NCAP ratings to drive up safety standards.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-ward-83503648_government-buying-standards-for-transport-activity-6745273086939021312-XAf8

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-procurement-the-gbs-for-transport-vehicles/government-buying-standards-for-transport-2017

Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Seeing Machines' (LON:SEE) Cash Burn Situation
https://simplywall.st/stocks/gb/tech/aim-see/seeing-machines-shares/news/heres-why-were-not-too-worried-about-seeing-machines-lonsee

Six tech trends for ’21 and beyond
But the potential for sensors is even greater. For example, sports sensors will be alert for signs of concussion. And fatigue sensors will monitor alertness in potentially dangerous environments.

All of this data will be collected and turned into actionable, real-time insights, with AI playing an increasing role in keeping us informed for better decisions.

https://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=2134304

New Van Safety Rating launched by Thatcham Research and Euro NCAP. Mathew Avery explains why 5 vans failed to achieve even the lowest award.

The Benefits of ADAS on Commercial Vans
Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) will apply the brakes automatically where a driver does not respond to an imminent crash ahead
The best AEB systems can sense vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians and prevent accidents and injuries
Tech such as Blind Spot Warning helps drivers to be aware of a vehicle in their blind spot
Driver monitoring systems help combat tiredness or distracted driving by providing an audible alert
Tech such as Lane Support Systems prevent unintentional drifting and help drivers stay in lane
Speed Limiter Systems help drivers observe the correct speed limit without the need to constantly watch for speed changes

https://www.drivingforbetterbusiness.com/how-safe-are-your-vans/

Mr BB

I would love to see the Cat contract & the small print.

Wasnt they on the slide?

In this episode, host Karen Piurkowski welcomes Dr. Alan Jenkins, Senior Director for Global ADAS Product Development at HARMAN. With 20 years of R&D experience he joined HARMAN in March of 2020 to focus on technology and innovation. Alan describes in detail the benefits of having in-cabin monitoring systems in vehicles.
Key Takeaways:

[1:20] Alan explains driver and occupant monitoring systems

[2:52] Technology that enables in-cabin monitoring

[5:19] The basic functions of the driver monitoring systems

[8:02] How a driver’s state of mind can be accurately evaluated

[9:26] Use cases for occupant monitoring

[13:59] Why drivers and riders should care about in-cabin monitoring systems

[16:44] How in-cabin monitoring systems increase the consumer’s feeling of well-being

[19:02] How in-cabin monitoring systems are aiding consumer enjoyment

[21:15] Maintaining privacy for the individual and safeguarding personal data

[22:42] Alan talks about the next phases of this technology

https://experiencespermile.libsyn.com/driver-and-occupant-monitoring-systems-with-dr-alan-jenkins

"It will take longer for full autonomous driving to become a reality than what we originally thought, but this will come," Veoneer CEO Jan Carlson said. CEO Jan Carlson shared the company's outlook for the rest of 2020 and for 2021. ...5 hours ago

https://europe.autonews.com/suppliers/veoneer-boss-expects-reach-key-milestone-quarter#:~:text=%22It%20will%20take%20longer%20for,Veoneer%20CEO%20Jan%20Carlson%20said.&text=CEO%20Jan%20Carlson%20shared%20the,of%202020%20and%20for%202021.

Few buyers last Hour.

Cheers Smokey for the buy signal ;) I would call Lombard for a job, your predicting in your own funny way should make you a multi millionaire :)

I always look on the bright side. the 1st batch of cars are starting production & will be hitting the roads from next Year. Lots of water under the bridge & lots going on behind the scenes iam sure.

For me cars hitting the tarmac in numbers has always been the time I will judge myself as a genius or a buffoon on the large investment I have made over the past 6 Years or so.

Heres to 2021 though, Iam hoping its the start of something big.

Safety
Winstone Transport works hard to maintain the highest standards of health and safety by working on reducing risks to our team and the public.

All vehicles have Eroad Ehubo2 GPS and Safe Driver monitoring which monitors and reports on driver behaviour as well as giving drivers real time information on speed and speed changes.

Driver fatigue is always a concern, our drivers have regular fatigue management training and all our trucks are fitted with Guardian Seeing Machines which continually monitor the drivers’ attention to the road and uses physical and audible alerts to ensure that attention is on the road and that the driver is alert.
For more information see: https://www/eroad.co.nz

https://winstoneaggregates.co.nz/services/transportbulk-cartage/

2022 GMC Sierra 1500 Review, Pricing, and Specs - Car and Driver more detail in description.
2022 GMC Sierra 1500 Will Get Super Cruise Hands-Free Driving Tech
The top Denali model, which we spied testing, will get the hands-free advanced driver-assist tech, and drivers will be able to tow while using the system.

GMC has announced that Super Cruise will be available on the 2022 Sierra 1500 Denali.
Super Cruise is GM's hands-free advanced driver-assist system that now has automated highway lane-change assist.
Sierra 1500s will also be able to tow a trailer while using the hands-free system.
The 2022 Sierra 1500, which will receive an updated look, will be the second truck in GMC’s lineup to get GM’s Super Cruise, which is a hands-free advanced driver-assist system with automated highway lane-change assist. The 2022 GMC Hummer EV will be the first, arriving in the fall of 2021, while the Sierra pickup will add the feature on late 2022 models.

system will introduce a new function that allows drivers to drive hands-free while towing a trailer. A GMC spokesperson told Car and Driver that the feature will not be available on the Hummer EV. Super Cruise, which can be operated on more than 200,000 miles of roads in the U.S. and Canada, also now allows drivers to engage an automated lane change by using the turn-signal stalk. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla have similar systems.

As well as on the 2022 Sierra 1500 Denali, Super Cruise is being expanded to other vehicles in GM's portfolio including the Cadillac CT4, CT5, XT6, and Escalade. GM also recently announced that the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV will get Super Cruise—it will be the first Chevy to get the technology. GMC has previously said the Hummer EV will have it as standard but declined to comment on Super Cruise availability on other models in its and the Sierra's lineup.

The Sierra 1500, including the Denali model, is set to get an update for the 2022 model year—the update was originally scheduled for 2021 but was delayed due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. We recently spotted a 2022 Sierra 1500 Denali (pictured above) and can see a set of 22-inch wheels, and LED headlights and taillights, which could be slightly different, and a reshaped grille hiding under the camouflage. We'll know more about the new trucks sometime next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsKq7RfN5Ss