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First, thanks to Johnchucka for his tireless searching and filtering. We would only ever know a small fraction if SEE's secrets if they didn't have to publish them to get the patent.
Time for an analogy.
There are thousands of patents that have an intro and a description that describe a four wheeled vehicle with a steering wheel and pedals. There will be pages about cameras and radar and very obtuse descriptions of computers, memory, and vision systems that detect the path of travel.
They are intended to give an example framework to fit the invention into.
What matters is the claims, these are tortuous, building a list of conditions to identify what is unique. Again it will feel familiar, but at the end of a chain of conditions there will be a "parachute to recover the vehicle safely in the event of driving off a cliff or bridge"
Another separate patent claim may finish with "deployable wing to raise the vehicle into the air in the event of bridge collapse". And another patents claim may be "the airtight vehicle can now drive underwater"
So they may all sound like Bond vehicles, but the key parts of the claim are quite different.
Don't worry, it has been reversed out, looks like a typo, reprinted as 5.4 phew
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Having just driven in the States, I would rather they imemented Red +Amber, then you can glance at the lights every couple of seconds and not miss the moment they turn green, alternatively, wait for the honk from behind
I don't expect this to go far.
Using a vehicle monitoring device to let you know when the lights have changed if you are using a device and don't notice.
I seem to remember that that is illegal in the UK whether you are driving or waiting at a red!
Thanks JC, another good find.
Soinsy, is the moat shrinking? Not necessarily. To mix metafors, this is a customer building its defences that are dependent on being on a raft in our moat and moored to a particular curve in the moat. They won't easily transfer to another moat and if they do they will need to rebuild a different customised raft.
Incidentally, I do remember a similar patent, perhaps from Ford about checking that the gaze is following. Where the road goes as it curves or goes up and down hills. But that was to detect alertness. Here it is to deploy steering assistance when the driver isn't paying attention. Just goes to show what you can do with a trusted moat to build upon.
Wow, just like the last Magna patent, the pictures tell the story, download the 320 page pdf from the latter link and scan through the pictures (100+)
Various models of mirror are included. Separate illumination for DMS and OMS with different timings.
Some cheaper models have the camera visible below the mirror, others use alternate layers of SiO and NbO at different thicknesses so that most visible colours are reflected but IR goes through to the camera.
Lots of detail, the LEDs are OSLON black series 940nm
The SoC is Texas Instruments Sitara and it shows a box marked DMS/OMS I can't read the detail but Biometric IDs are showing as inputs and outputs.
Now S2020 and others are keen to see a link to TI and there it is.
The camera is 5 MP 60 FPS RGBIr OmniVision OX05B
So now could someone tell the share price
Interesting idea, just like having a Co-pilot it indicates what you have failed to see but under lining that section of windscreen with illuminated LEDs.
Of course needs to track the eyes and check off all the injects that are relevant as you glance at them.
Of course this only works for forward objects. I've been driving in 8 Lane highways and BLIS with a seat vibrator to indicate left or right has been invaluable, but annoying when reversing and I am aware of the kerb/car, so merging in eye gaze is essential to reduce the number of alerts
Thanks JC,
Now, I am no pilot, but I am fairly sure that the ****pits don't have Food Pedals, good to show how tricky it is to proof read these documents!
Certainly a good fit for Seeing Machines to licence their technology into, as the pilot facing cameras and sleep monitoring systems are a black box in this patent.
This allows the aircraft to monitor when the pilot falls asleep during alloted "controlled rest" so that they are woken before they enter deep sleep, which would result in longer sleep inertia.
Don't worry, Mouser are like Wallmart, just a big reseller.
They don't make stuff, or sell DMS, more of a one stop shop for electronic components. So they will big up anything that consumes electronics so that you see their name and perhaps buy through them. Toyota will not be buying through them, the Tier1s buy all the components direct or from Tier 2s
Sorry guys, I'm pretty off-grid in the SoCal deserts at the moment. Hope to catch up next weekend
Again, the positive signs are here for our partners to all get their own patents around and on top of Seeing Machines
I saw 4x Waymo vehicles yesterday, all had Seeing Machines bDMS on board.
No surprise, but nice to see it in real life.
Now, I am in SF, so not had much time for reading, but excited to see this Dassault patent. You will know that I believe we were working with Dassault to allow the flight crew to push back their chairs and rest in the ****pit, so to see Crew tiredness integrated into the heart of these medium/long haul executive jets is great news.
Thanks JC
I am not going to go through this one in much detail. The image gives it away. Percentages for a variety of emotional states. So not exactly a science, and that is about all it will do other than phone home if it is worried.
Soulboy, I wonder what Lachlan was splitting and cleaning in his last video ;-)
The diggers in Canberra have been busy, that IP moat is getting deeper and wider.
https://patents.justia.com/assignee/seeing-machines-limited
The eyes are the key to the soul. So watch the eyes to check the driver is aware of his situation.
I am surprised that SEE don't make a product for poker players.
This is a Ronseal patent. It does what it says on the tin. The only bit needing explanation is that Electrocromic glass can be darkened while a current is passed. So you can switch instantly from 100% pimped up glass, to clear so that the driver can see through when reversing or just looking over their shoulder.
This may make the papperatzi's life more interesting
But this is
https://www.ovt.com/products/ox05b1s-e89y-1a-z/
That is 5 mega pixel for OMS
There is also a 1 Mega pixel (DMS only) and 2 mega pixel camera that will do the job. Both global shutter which is essential to synchronise with the short burst of IR illumination for low power and to freeze each frame.
Sorry, this isn't for us
1/14.46" CMOS 160 Kpixel (400 x 400) Image Sensor with PureCel®Plus-S, Global Shutter, and Nyxel® Technologies.
Tiny camera, but only 400x 400 pixels. This will be used inside an AR/VR headset to watch eyes, from extremely close up so that the eye will fill the image. Where as we need mega pixel resolution so that we can get enough pixels across the eye from arms length while also capturing the cabin.
These can also be used on the outside of the headset to pick up the fixed IR "lighthouses" so that they can track movement in 3d and head rotation