CANBERRA, Australia, Feb.
22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Seeing Machines Limited, the
advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered
operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety, welcomes
the outcome of the European Parliament's Internal Market Committee
where a set of rules were approved to advance safety for all road
users in the European Union.
The press release issued by the European Parliament on Thursday
in Europe announced that "driver
drowsiness and attention warning" and "advanced driver distraction
warning" will become mandatory in all vehicles (cars, vans, trucks
and buses).
Ken Kroeger, CEO of Seeing
Machines commented: "The leadership shown by
Europe in this move to improve
safety, using technology, across all forms of road-going transport,
is most welcome as governments all over the world grapple with
serious injuries and fatalities caused by road accidents.
"Seeing Machines is focused on safety outcomes and we have
spent the past twenty years honing our technology for this very
purpose. Our driver monitoring technology, already launched in the
award-winning General Motors Cadillac CT6 with Super Cruise, and in
current development with a further five automotive manufacturers
globally, as well as retro-fitted to over 16,000 commercial and
mining vehicles around the world, is designed to understand the
state of the driver, to ensure that fatigue and distraction related
events and the risks associated with that behaviour, are
mitigated."
This announcement further reinforces the Euro NCAP roadmap that
sees driver monitoring introduced into crash assessment protocols
from 2020. It is expected that the Euro NCAP position will be
adopted in other regions including South-East Asia and North America.
About Seeing Machines
Seeing Machines (LSE: SEE), a global company headquartered in
Australia, is an industry leader
in computer vision technologies which enable machines to see,
understand and assist people. The Company's machine learning vision
platform has the know-how to deliver real-time identification and
understanding of drivers through Artificial Intelligence (AI)
analysis of heads, faces and eyes. This insight enables Driver
Monitoring Systems (DMS), which monitor driver/operator
identification and attention and can detect drowsiness and
distraction across multiple transport sectors.
Seeing Machines develops DMS for the Automotive, Commercial
Fleet, Aviation, Rail and Off-Road markets. The Company has offices
in Australia, USA, Europe
and Asia, and delivers
multi-platform solutions to industry leaders in each vertical.
DMS is becoming a core safety technology integrated into ADAS
(Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) offerings for the automotive
industry, particularly with the development of semi-autonomous and
self-driving cars. DMS is also increasingly seen to be an integral
safety feature across the Commercial Transport & Logistics
industry globally. www.seeingmachines.com
Media enquiries: sophie.nicoll@seeingmachines.com or
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