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Plain and simple JC, you don't find me many of these, a DMS that doesn't bother mentioning head position or where the eyes are looking. It just needs to have a plurality of cameras and one can see the steering wheel and will check the driver's hand is on the wheel.
This is not a whole solution but is a defensive patent to prevent others from attempting this feature from the mirror area.
JC, this is a typical Silicon Valley patent, most of the claims stages are nothing special, simple eye gaze vectors produced by machine learning. But here is the key part of the patent:
"9. The method of any of claims 1-8, wherein the vehicle data file includes data structured in accordance with extensible markup language, wherein the vehicle data file includes a respective set of coordinates for each region of interest from the plurality of regions of interest, wherein each of the respective coordinate sets are defined relative to a centroid of a sphere that encompasses an interior of the vehicle, and wherein each of the respective sets of coordinate define a two-dimensional plane."
So Google is trying to patent the equivalent of HTML that describes the interior of a car as it is relevant to all the parts of the car that could be relevant to "what is the driver/passenger looking at?"
JC re the ROLLABLE/BENDABLE VIRTUAL 3D DISPLAY It is a land grab, ready for the future days of flying/autonomous vehicles. I don't see this coming any time soon, at least not in a way that I would get excited about the eye tracking element
JC - no doubt you spotted Simon Stent! But this is not of his usual standard. It is an evolutionary dead end. Multiple cheap cameras, connected through the steering while using "fibrescopes" with lenses on the surface of the steering wheel, so that at least one camera is not blocked by the steering wheel or the drivers arms/hands.
This is "Steampunk" at its best
This Holographic Wave guide head up display provides more flexibility in where it projects its image so that it aligns with the position of the drivers head which is provided from DMS, but other than that, not directly related to SEE tech
Thanks JC, I hoped that you noticed that this Magna US patent is actually from Germany and it is not linked to the Magna mirror, in fact, it pre-dates those patents and even describes separate DMS and OMS cameras which was the state of the art in 2018! As well as inputs from the DMS cameras, this system is using driver inputs to steering (lane keeping accuracy) or as the patent puts it "steering profile (i.e., a “coffee cup system”)" as part of its controls. This ties it to what would have been a Mobileye implementation in this time frame.
We have the object detection from the Mobileye system then if the driver is not aware of the risk, the system can highlight it and/or take appropriate action.
Based on the DMS and the inputs from the vehicle and the environment it identifies the driver's workload and also the drivers state. But interestingly, it even identifies via the DMS is it is the passenger who is operating the infotainment, so can discount this from the driver's attention calculations. Based on everything happening it works out the maximum workload of the driver at that time. via a bunch of weighted confidence calculations.
Not directly mentioned in the patent, but included in the images is a list of other features that were developed or at least identified - driver position, driver mood, facial recognition, (voice detection and driving style but not via the DMS), airbag deployment and adapt seat position in case of collision, driver presence, driver comfort preferences
Old fool, that is not a Seeing Machines DMS.
The Car is Zeeker which is part of Geely. So either Smart Eye or a local firm.
We know it is not SEE because the light flash together not alternating left or right (and occasionally together) which gives more chances of best illumination
50 pages of "patentese", builds upon existing Magna/See Patents, looks good
OmniTracs may be disappointed when they get their patent turned down, their ideas may have been outdated years ago
A sensible extra step to reduce power or improve clarity for the DMS function. After all it is important to have high refresh rate for DMS, but knowing that there is a child in the back doesn't change much per second.
I had seen the separate banks of LEDs on the circuit boards so this is a good idea.
Will read through later and see what else springs out
Mandatory for all SEE investors to watch this. Thanks Seize
Guardian has had road and driver facing cameras almost from early G2
Some might complain that the aviation deal didn't appear during the calendar year - but it did, you just didn't notice it.
When Rana and Alexander left Seeing Machines at the same time. No sales guys meant the deal had been done.
Now when will it get signed and announced, I checked the Collins calendar and selected the first appropriate air show which was at the end of Feb
http://www.collinsaerospace.com/news/tradeshows-and-events
I still won't name it but Roxy Music sing about it
And it will...
give Australian and international industry, government and academia a platform for engagement via a premium industry exhibition, static aircraft display and corporate hospitality from Tuesday 28 to Sunday 5 March. Six days of unlimited opportunity for business, networking with just the right amount of entertainment in the way of spectacular flying displays.
Thanks JC, neat find.
I just watched the London presentation and a few months on it has aged well, like a fine wine. New nuances have developed that weren't obvious when it was bottled.
One of these is the partnership with Collins, our Aviation "Tier 1" we have shared our roadmap and together we will find it a very profitable arrangement. I now judge "imminent" to be days and weeks, not months and years.
One sign of the trust and faith in this partnership is the patents built on the work together.
Now in the sky you won't find streetlights, forests, tunnels or buildings, these can be the bane of Automotive DMS developers lives as they cause rapid changes in illumination, but in the sky, above the clouds illumination from outside its more constant. So, we can use the size of the pupils over time as another sign of tiredness. Only, there is another source of illumination that can cause the pupils to shrink and that is the illuminated instruments, now screens of course, and the multitude of buttons that can also flash to indicate status. So now the pupils are not the gateway to the soul but an indicator of the status of the aircraft. But, ... here comes the clever part, since the aircraft knows the status of thr lights and can measure the intensity of the panels and the brightness of the sky, so it can develop a model so that it can remove the effects of the illumination that cause the pilots eyes to contract or dilate to get to a cleaner signal of the pilots state of alertness. That is what this patent represents. Of course, Collins can build their model in the Simulators, then validate it with different pilots in other simulators. Another step forward in aviation safety.
Nah, CFP would rather you bought cats and Whiskas
Nothing exciting here. It will make more sense if we saw it telescoping ino a smaller space during a crash to allow the steering wheel a greater range of movement during a crash. So that it is not constrained by. The switch gear and the DMS camera mount
He says that "typically be found in steering wheels or in driver's mirrors" so that identifies 2 families of wins that we are alongside ADI.
Seize, not every straw needs to be grabbed.
That is a camera for seeing behind the truck (or trailer) via a screen in the mirror.
Automotive is a long slow business, we already know now what the public will be amazed by in the next 1-4 years
We saw this demonstrated by Bosch at CES in 2021?
Observe the driver/passenger and use a transparent sunvisor, and only turn the sections that are required to shade the driver's eyes opaque. Sounds simple and obvious, but vehicles, the drivers head and the sun keep moving, as does the surroundings which may provide temporary relief. So great in the lab, or on CES stand, but a nightmare in real usage. Looks like this patent adds extra steps to prevent flickering or intermittent shading causing distraction - so the driver can gesture to help the shade to work more effectively.
I don't expect this to see the light of day in real vehicles!
I doubt HiRain the Tier 1 appeared on Seeing Machines most wanted list, or the Chinese OEM.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cipia-announces-new-design-win-additional-oem-to-integrate-driver-sense-dms-301721890.html#:~:text=To%20date%2C%20Cipia%20holds%2029,leading%20car%20manufacturer%20in%20China.