Rainbow Rare Earths Phalaborwa project shaping up to be one of the lowest cost producers globally. Watch the video here.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/2023-bmw-x5-m-lci-to-get-giant-curved-interior-display-from-electric-ix-160387.html That will mean SEE comes too, wonder how many of 40k annual sales will get it? Maybe all?
I watched that presentation yesterday from another site, got my hopes up as it was about removing distraction - but that is a change in the design language - less fussy ****pits.
No those lights on the steering wheel aren't for DMS. They would be covered by your fingers when pressing the buttons and would rotate, so would not line up horizontally with the camera (since our eyes are a lot wider than they are tall, need the illumination from the sides to pick up the glints and not lose them on the eyelids or lashes)
Just thinking out loud...
UN regulations for ALKS - divided highway travelling in the same direction with no cyclists or pedestrians. Speeds up to 60kph.
In the UK there are 2,173 miles (3,497 km) of Motorways
Needs UK type approval.
Needs insurance to drive in the UK
I wonder if the Blue Oval will have mapped our relatively small Motorway network and have a car with suitable safety and DMS features so that it gets Type approval for ALKS driving in the UK with the blessing of Thatcham. They might just be the first?
http://www.autonocast.com/blog/2021/4/27/222-the-case-of-the-driverless-tesla
DT,
This is a big deal, but you have the wrong pillar. This is not the "relatively simple fairly off the shelf solution"
"Delivered via the Company's embedded Driver Monitoring Engine (FOVIO e-DME software library)" so it is not a turn key solution, it is the lego bricks so you can make your own system to your own design but reassured that the DMS/OMS will be great, but also you will have eye tracking etc available. But the Tier 1 will have to build and integrate the system, why choose this option - because if this is an innovative new EV player, they want the best and custom designed to be unique, probably deeply integrated with ADAS and or the car's systems. That means there is a wedge of Engineering fees associated with this deal. Fisker/Magna sound like a good match. The Ocean has been well received and hopefully will sell very well and lead to new models from this new EV.
What you are thinking of is Magna's mirror. In its lifetime, it will not sell not millions, maybe not 10's of millions
I recon that the the mirror will sell in the 100's of millions.
Not sure there is a connection, ours was about the phone docking. Here the phone function does not require the Dock and all functionality is embedded in the mirror
Numpty, I've looked into this one before. It was a research project at ETH Zurich. Although it involved Swiss it is not commercial. They used Smart Eye Pro cameras in a simulator. The cameras are research level and only temporary. In the articles it explained considerable set up was required for each user and the analysis was not automated like in our CandyBar (TM). Smart Eye staff would not have been involved
Interesting patent, obviously similar but more comprehensive than the Bosch sunshade which only darkened to create shade on the driver's eyes, but they did have a working version at CES 2019 and this is far more recent
Seisnav, that is a bit too tenuous, just over the border and a lot closer is Detroit. OEMs don't make cars, they press metal and assemble parts. Tier 1s are just the next level down components are assembled to make parts and assemblies for the OEM. We are just the very essential Tier 2 that makes a key part of the software(which will be packaged and assembled into a chip by a T2, then installed onto a PCB by another T2, and inserted behind the mirror glass and camera made by other Tier 2s. ) beyond that it is turtles all the way down.
No serious car manufacturer will touch that Jungo demonstration if they can read what is on screen in the video
22 Frames per second with a 640x480 VGA camera ( < 0.3 Megapixels ) and that was a demo without gaze tracking
22 FPS is not a safety DMS, that is a tick in the box DMS
Terry, I can spell that out for you O C C U L A
"The R-Car V3H SoC integrates a full set of automotive peripherals including CAN, Ethernet AVB, and FlexRay and features a *full set of video processing and image recognition IP for advanced sensing and recognition, including CNN-IP, Computer vision engine, Image-distortion-correction IPs, Stereovision, Classifier, and Dense Optical Flow*. Production is planned for the first quarter of 2022.
This should be sufficient to ensure that drivers are fulfilling their monitoring duties when the car’s computer takes the wheel."
https://twitter.com/seeingmachines/status/1384416119310618627
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thanks for the callout. We know not all DMS is created equal. See link below to our opinion on the efficacy of camera-based DMS, especially as it relates to L2+ vehicles. Time to talk to
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on your show? #seeingmachines #safety
Eyes: the windows to the soul -
One of the most safety critical and contentious issues in the automotive world right now is how to effectively monitor a driver’s engagement level while they use partially and fully automated driving...
seeingmachines.com
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https://www.seeingmachines.com/blog/2021/04/20/eyes-the-windows-to-the-soul/
I will admit that the discussions between myself and JC on Patents and the technical side can be a little dry.
But here is a video explaining the fusion of eye gaze and the outside world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGAUYA3Y4Ms
It is also available at https://www.veoneer.com/en/driver-monitoring-systems
Notice how the car knows whether or not the driver has seen the bicycle
Sorry, of course the title should have been Australian Defence Forces Simulators.
I didn't add them up, but there is a fair bit of work there for Lockheed Martin, CAE, L3Harris, Thales, Boeing, Flight Safety International etc...
Lockheed C-130J Hercules medium transport
12 aircraft 1 simulator Lockheed
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/10012/cae's-c_130j-simulator-scores-high-(may-16).html
Boeing C-17 Globemaster heavy transport
8 aircraft, 1 Simulator Flight Safety International
https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2009-05-11-Boeing-Delivers-Royal-Australian-Air-Force-C-17-Aircrew-Training-System
Airbus KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport
7 aircraft, 1 simulator CAE
https://www.cae.com/news-events/press-releases/royal-australian-air-force-kc-30a-full-flight-and-mission-simulator-certifi/
AgustaWestland AW139 SAR helicopter
6 (contracted with CHC Helicopter)[11]
Fleet Air Arm (RAN)
SH-60 Seahawk
24 aircraft, 2 Simulators CAE
Eurocopter EC135
15 aircraft, 3 Simulators Thales
(Shared with Army)
https://www.facebook.com/Scramblemagazine/posts/australia-retires-the-bell-429-globalrangeron-18-april-2019-the-royal-australian/2750102208349629/
Australian Army
Airbus Helicopters ARH Tiger
22 Aircraft, 1 simulator (double) Thales
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/88495/australian-army-tiger-helicopter-simulator-accredited.html
NHIndustries MRH-90 Taipan
41 (+6 Navy) aircraft, 2 simulators CAE
https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/mrh-90-taipan-multi-role-helicopter-mrh/
https://www.helis.com/database/news/mrh90_au_simul2/
UH-60 Black Hawk
20 aircraft, 1 Simulator CAE
https://helihub.com/2011/02/17/upgraded-black-hawk-simulator-enters-service-for-australian-army/
Boeing CH-47F Chinook
10 aircraft, 1 Simulator Kratos
https://helihub.com/2019/04/03/australian-defence-force-issues-final-acceptance-of-kratos-training/
We learned on 8th April “Our engagement with RAAF was extended to a two-year contract and enabled full visibility of the capability of the technology and the utility of the output data and visualisations to all or most of the flying training units across the ADF,” Patrick Nolan, General Manager of Aviation at Seeing Machines, said to ADM.
https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/unique-eye-tracking-system-installed-on-hawk-simulators
So what does that mean in practice? Based on Wikipedia and some searching...
Pilatus PC-21 Initial training
49 aircraft, 7 simulators Lockheed
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-au/products/air-5428-pilot-training-system.html
Lockheed Martin led Pilatus and Hawker Pacific in Team 21… was awarded a contract worth A$1.2 billion for the 49 aircraft and seven flight simulators – five of which will be located at East Sale and a further two at Pearce – plus five years’ support. https://www.monch.com/mpg/news/mtsc/5097-avalon-raaf-pc-21-training.html
BAe Hawk 127 lead-in fighter trainer
33 aircraft 3 simulators CAE
"CAE has also delivered three Hawk full-mission simulators to the Royal Australian Air Force
(two at Williamtown and one at Pearce)."
https://www.cae.com/media/media-center/documents/DM055_Hawk_GBTS_EN_Oct2017.pdf
Beechcraft King Air 350 navigation & specialised trainer (multi-engine)
8 Aircraft, 1 simulator - CAE
https://www.cae.com/news-events/press-releases/royal-australian-air-force-surpasses-5000-hours-of-king-air-350-simulator-t
Eurocopter EC135 Training helicopter
15 aircraft, 3 Simulators Thales
(Shared with Army)
https://www.facebook.com/Scramblemagazine/posts/australia-retires-the-bell-429-globalrangeron-18-april-2019-the-royal-australian/2750102208349629/
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After training there is “conversion” as pilots learn to fly specific aircraft, thes. I have listed most of these below, including details of the simulators.
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II multirole fighter
72 on order - 33 delivered, 4 of planned 10 simulators operational - Lockheed
https://sldinfo.com/2020/07/australian-f-35-training-upgrading-the-simulators-with-australian-domain-knowledge/
Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter
24 Aircraft , 6 simulators
(2 tactical operations flight trainers, 2 low-cost trainers, 2 integrated visual environment maintenance trainers). L3Harris
https://www.flightglobal.com/australia-receives-super-hornet-simulators/99797.article
McDonnell Douglas/GAF F/A-18A and F/A-18B Hornet multirole fighter
54 / 15(A/B Variants) (to be replaced by F-35A)
3 Simulators Raytheon - now L3Harris
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/39865/raytheon-signs-raaf-simulator-contract-(june-3).html
P8A Poseidon Maritime patrol
12 aircraft, 1 simulator Boeing
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/training-simulation/raaf-receives-p-8a-poseidon-simulator-training-sys/
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Whatif, well Martin has lost the Sparkle in his eyes.
Seeing Machines DMS seems to be unique (based on their patents) in that the various LEDs only need to illuminate for a short period of time, but specifically different LEDs are illuminated at different times, so that the sensor can see Dark Pupils, and eyes with a glint illuminated from the left and from the right and if required, illuminated at different levels of brightness.
Whereas, lesser systems flash all LEDs at the same instant. From some of the videos I have watched, the pattern of illumination may even hiccup due to the background light changing (don't quite me on that yet)
Now this may change in the future. The Magna rear-view mirror appears to have 3 led sources with the camera off-set to the driver's side. But this is to provide illumination for the whole cabin and we don't yet know how they are illuminated.
Sorry Terry, did Vorsprung durch Technik lose their way? Where is the DMS? Were these guys and Porche not in the front row signing up Smart Eye?
Glandore, Self,
The first few still photos and videos that I saw with the EQS DMS LEDs had me concerned. They were both lit at the same time? But, with further videos available, I am now relaxed. It was a figment of modern cameras that was specifically designed in to correctly show the human perceived brightness of visible LEDs that are intermittently lit to control brightness.
https://www.ovt.com/led-flicker-mitigation-automotive-applications
It is a bit trickier to see the lights in the F-150. But I found them in this B-Roll
https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en.relatedmedia.viewmore.video.html/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/04/14/ford-mother-of-all-road-trips-bluecruise-hands-free-driving/jcr:content/rightRailPar/relatedmedia_2367.html
between 0:58 and 1:03 you an see both LEDs, for the left, look at the black plastic of the door next to the A-Pillar. It is often hidden by his cheek. The right LED is above the screen in the central console to the right - above the picture of the truck. I believe that the camera is on the left side above the screen - but we shouldn't be able to see it - or I suppose it could be on the instrument panel