Announced at CES 2023, automakers now have a powerful and
cost-effective in-cabin monitoring solution for space-constrained
areas that also meets the strict European regulations
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Seeing Machines
Limited (LSE: SEE), the advanced computer vision technology
company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to
improve transport safety, and OMNIVISION, a leading global
developer of semiconductor solutions, including advanced digital
imaging, analog, and touch & display technology, today
announced the successful integration of Seeing Machines' leading
in-cabin monitoring system technology (ICMS) with the OMNIVISION
OAX4600 system-on-chip (SoC) platform.
Optimized by Seeing Machines' Occula® neural processing unit
(NPU), the OMNIVISION OAX4600 will provide automakers with a new,
powerful, and cost-effective solution to meet and exceed the
regulatory requirements associated with the European Commission's
General Safety Regulation as well as Europe's New Car Assessment Program (Euro
NCAP) protocols.
Working closely together, OMNIVISION and Seeing Machines
have integrated Seeing Machines' embedded driver monitoring engine
(e-DME) into the OAX4600 SoC silicon, which is specifically
targeted toward the expanding automotive ICMS market. The Seeing
Machines e-DME makes use of the Occula NPU integrated in the
OAX4600 to reduce the load on the on-board Arm processors while
accelerating the core tracking pipeline.
When paired with OMNIVISION's broad range of high-resolution,
wide-field-of-view automotive RGB-IR sensors or near-infrared (NIR)
sensors, the OAX4600 device, integrated with Seeing Machines'
robust automotive ICMS solution, enables a powerful combination of
performance, cost and power efficiency in a form factor that allows
it to be packaged into space-constrained areas of the vehicle.
"We are very happy to be working with OMNIVISION to bring our
Occula NPU to the market integrated with the OAX4600 SoC," said
Paul McGlone, CEO, Seeing Machines.
"Seeing Machines' software and hardware embedding capabilities,
combined with OMNIVISION's automotive camera sensor and design
expertise, are clearly demonstrated with this silicon. We are very
confident that this will give our customers a highly optimized
silicon platform that can target the driver as well as the wider
interior sensing market."
"Seeing Machines is a proven leader in today's automotive
camera-based driver-monitoring market and a long-term partner of
OMNIVISION," said Andy Hanvey,
director of automotive marketing at OMNIVISION. "The OAX4600 SoC,
in tandem with our wide range of automotive-grade, high-resolution
camera sensors, provides a cost-effective and small-footprint
driver and occupant monitoring solution, integrated with Seeing
Machines' powerful Occula® NPU, our customers can expect
unprecedented performance and high ROI in minimal form factor."
The new ICMS silicon platform is being featured at the 2023
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las
Vegas this week inside the Seeing Machines private meeting
suite at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. To schedule a demo
or for more information, contact Kevin.Tanaka@SeeingMachines.com.
Or contact your OMNIVISION sales representative:
www.ovt.com/contact-sales.
About Seeing Machines
Seeing Machines (LSE: SEE) is a global company founded in
2000 and headquartered in Australia, is an industry leader in
vision-based monitoring technology that enable machines to see,
understand and assist people. Seeing Machines' technology portfolio
of AI algorithms, embedded processing and optics, power products
that need to deliver reliable real-time understanding of vehicle
operators. The technology spans the critical measurement of where a
driver is looking, through to classification of their cognitive
state as it applies to accident risk. Reliable "driver state"
measurement is the end-goal of Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS)
technology. Seeing Machines develops DMS technology to drive safety
for Automotive, Commercial Fleet, Off-road and Aviation. The
company has offices in Australia,
USA, Europe and Asia, and supplies technology solutions and
services to industry leaders in each market vertical.
www.seeingmachines.com
About OMNIVISION
OMNIVISION is a global fabless semiconductor organization that
develops advanced digital imaging, analog, and touch & display
solutions for multiple applications and industries, including
mobile phones, security and surveillance, automotive, computing,
medical, and emerging applications. Its award-winning innovative
technologies enable a smoother human/machine interface in many of
today's commercial devices. Find out more at www.ovt.com.
Occula® is a registered trademark of Seeing Machines.
OMNIVISION™ and the OMNIVISION logo are trademarks of OMNIVISION.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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