Seeing Machines Regulatory News (SEE)

14 Mar 2007 10:45

Seeing Machines Limited14 March 2007 14 March 2007 Seeing Machines Limited ("Seeing Machines" or the "Company") SEEING MACHINES WINS AWARD FOR GLAUCOMA DETECTION DEVICE Seeing Machines (AIM: SEE), a leading developer of advanced computer basedimaging software systems, announces today that the company has been awardedfirst prize in the health category of the Secrets of Australian ICT Innovationaward for the TrueField Analyzer(R), the revolutionary new medical device tohelp doctors detect and manage glaucoma and other eye diseases. Seeing Machines, in collaboration with its partner the Research School ofBiological Sciences at the Australian National University, is developing theTrueField Analyzer, the world's first non-contact objective device to helpdoctors diagnose glaucoma and a range of other eye diseases. The TrueFieldAnalyzer utilises Seeing Machines' market-leading, patent-protected computervision technology. The ICT Secrets award recognises innovation and thedevelopment completed to date in addition to the outstanding commercialpotential for the TrueField Analyzer. The 2006 Secrets of Australian IT Innovation Competition (Secrets) is the fifthannual competition, and showcases Australia's best ICT innovations to a globalaudience. Winners shared in $105,000 worth of prizes which were presented by theMinister for Communications and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, at the AwardsCeremony on Tuesday 13 March. The Secrets competition is an initiative of the Committee Marketing ICT forAustralia (CoMICTA), a committee with members drawn from the Australian FederalGovernment, State and Territory Governments, industry associations and researchbodies. The awards for ICT Innovation are across 7 major categories including:Business Industrial (Software) Solutions; Commerce; Communication Applications;Entertainment; Health; Learning and Security. Seeing Machines would like tothank CoMICTA for its recognition of this key project. --- ENDS --- Enquiries:Seeing Machines Limited Insinger de Beaufort Parkgreen CommunicationsNick Cerneaz, CEO Peter Ward Victoria Thomas+61 (0) 2 6125 6501 +44 (0) 20 7190 7015 +44 (0) 20 7851 7480www.seeingmachines.com Notes to editors: About Committee Marketing ICT for Australia (CoMICTA) and the 2006 Secrets ofAustralian ICT Innovation Competition are available at http://www.itsecrets.com.au/homepage.jsp?xcid=1 About Seeing Machines Seeing Machines is an award winning Technology Company which focuses on visionbased human machine interfaces. Formed in 2000 in Canberra, Australia, SeeingMachines' purpose is to commercialise its computer-vision across a range ofindustries and applications. Seeing Machines deliver advanced computer vision solutions for researches anddevelopers in human factors, transportation safety, computer human interaction,robotics, medical research and psychology. The flagship product faceLABTMprovides an automated and contact-free gaze and head tracking technology, itsolves the problem of observing human behaviour naturally, non-intrusively andwith a high degree of accuracy and usability. Building on these unique facetracking and pupil measurement and monitoring capabilities, the TrueFieldAnalyzer(R) is a development undertaken by Seeing Machines in partnership withcolleagues from the Research School of Biological Sciences (RSBS) at theAustralian National University (ANU). The TrueField Analyzer(R) offers a new objective method to help doctors diagnoseand manage a range of eye diseases including glaucoma, age related maculardegeneration and diabetic retinopathy. Glaucoma affects about 2-3% of thepopulation over 40 years of age and is a leading source of blindness. Unlikemost other devices available to the clinician the TrueField Analyzer is acompletely objective test and it is quick and easy for patients and techniciansalike. The device measures both eyes concurrently and due to the reliabilitythat arises from the objective nature of the test, it has the potential tobecome a new 'gold standard' in the measurement of visual field defects and thusin the diagnosis and management of disease such as glaucoma. Seeing Machines' faceLAB(TM) product is a computer vision system that is able tomeasure the orientation and position of a human head, as well as detect blinksand estimate gaze-direction. It achieves all of this completely visually througha stereo camera system connected to advanced image processing software, with noattachments required on the subject. The product is designed to allow humanfactors researchers and designers assess the interaction of an operator in anenvironment and this finds application in designing operator environments, suchas cockpits for cars, trucks, trains, and aeroplanes for instance, and otherindustrial design applications, as well as medical and psychological researchsituations. The technology also has application in monitoring automobile driversand if it detects drowsiness or that the driver is distracted and theirattention has been diverted from the road, an alarm can be raised to alert thedriver to either pull over and rest in the case of drowsiness or to pay moreattention to the road. faceLAB(TM) works in real-time, enabling the behaviour of a subject to betracked. This technology is paving the way in promoting safer driving conditionsand works to enhance the driving experience and to eliminate accidents causedthrough driver drowsiness or distraction. There are many different sectors that can benefit from this revolutionarysoftware, for which it has been developed, including: automotive; academicresearch; medicine/healthcare; defence; autostereoscopy (next generationdisplays); sport; and games. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange