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  • Smart Eye and OMNIVISION Announce Next Generation Automotive Interior Sensing Solution That Satisfies GSR and Euro NCAP Requirements

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  • Interior Sensing: The Next Frontier in Improving Road Safety and the Mobility Experience

    Thanks to Euro NCAP, Driver Monitoring will practically be a requirement for any new car model launched on the European market by 2023. This gives the implementation of Driver Monitoring technology a new sense of urgency for car manufacturers all over the world. But it also raises a lot of questions.

    What exactly is Euro NCAP? How will their next assessment protocol affect the construction of practically every new car model put on our roads? And – what does it take for a car model to receive a sought-after five-star rating?

    Download our e-book to get the answer to these questions – and why we believe Driver Monitoring Systems is bound to become as common as seatbelts.

  • Deep Dive into Smart Eye Interior Sensing and Driver Monitoring Systems

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  • How Interior Sensing Technology Leads The Way to Safer Roads

    As a member of both CLEPA and the Tier 2 group, Smart Eye is helping Euro NCAP formulate the tests and assessment protocol which will be used to rate Driver Monitoring Systems by 2023. And with our 20+ years of experience developing Driver Monitoring System software for the automotive industry, we know what separates a mediocre system from a really good system.

    That is why we feel confident that our Driver Monitoring solution is fully prepared to be tested by Euro NCAP–and receive a top rating. Our AI-powered driver monitoring technology includes the most advanced eye tracking available and delivers accurate, reliable results independent of illumination or face conclusion.

    At Smart Eye, we have always been guided by our ambition to improve road safety and save lives through technology. The inclusion of Driver Monitoring technology in Euro NCAP’s next assessment protocol is an initiative that has the potential to save thousands of lives every year. 

    And if you ask us, the sooner Driver Monitoring Systems become a natural part of every new European vehicle, the better.

     

    Beyond DMS: What’s Next for Euro NCAP?

    By including Driver Monitoring in the next assessment protocol, Euro NCAP acknowledges the importance of analyzing not just the state of the car, but the people within it. By turning cameras and sensors inwards, to the entire cabin, the safety and comfort of all road users can be improved.

    These emerging technologies are called Interior Sensing and will likely be recognized by Euro NCAP in future iterations of the protocol. For example, from 2022, Euro NCAP will be rewarding points for Child Presence Detection, which can detect a child alone in a car and alert the owner or emergency services to avoid heatstroke fatalities. The same technology can be used for Pet Detection, to avoid heatstroke fatalities in pets left behind in vehicles.

    Smart Eye has been delivering AI-based Driver Monitoring software to the automotive industry for two decades. Through the recent acquisition of Emotion AI pioneer Affectiva, Smart Eye will further expand our DMS to deliver advanced Interior Sensing technology. Apart from enabling

    Child Presence Detection and Pet Detection, this new generation of Interior Sensing technology will address future safety requirements, like Passenger Position or Seatbelt Detection.

    Distraction and drowsiness are among the greatest road safety risks, responsible for thousands of injuries and deaths every year. This has been well-known for years, but it’s only recently that authorities and road safety organizations have really started to lift the importance of Driver Monitoring Systems for preventing traffic accidents. And out of these organizations, Euro NCAP is one of the most influential. Considering the impact Euro NCAP has on the European car market, the inclusion of Driver Monitoring in their assessment protocol is bound to make a real difference for the use of driver monitoring on European roads. By 2023, in just two short years,  Driver Monitoring will practically be a requirement for any new car model launched on the European market.

    We sometimes compare the view on driver monitoring systems to how the seatbelt was viewed 50 years ago. When the seatbelt was launched, some people reacted with skepticism. It was seen as an inconvenience and an unnecessary cost. Now, no car manufacturer would think to launch a car model without seatbelts. Not only because it’s a legal requirement, but because very few people would feel safe driving without one.

    We believe Driver Monitoring Systems will follow the same pattern. Give it a few years, and the risk of a driver falling asleep behind the wheel will seem like a thing of the past. And even short term, any money car manufacturers invest into driver monitoring systems will be earned back in terms of a higher safety rating from Euro NCAP and, most importantly, less injuries and deaths in their cars.

    Learn more in our latest e-book: Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) The Next Seatbelt

    Learn more about Smart Eye Automotive Solutions here.

  • Smart Eye Automotive Interior Sensing Named CES 2022 Innovation Awards Honoree

    The company’s groundbreaking Automotive Interior Sensing solution combines driver monitoring and cabin monitoring to improve road safety and mobility experiences.

    Gothenburg, Sweden – January 4, 2022 – Smart Eye, the global leader in Human Insight AI, today announced that it has been named a CES® 2022 Innovation Awards Honoree for Smart Eye Automotive Interior Sensing. The recognition comes ahead of CES 2022, happening Jan. 5-7 in Las Vegas, NV and digitally.

    Smart Eye Automotive Interior Sensing combines the company’s industry-leading driver monitoring system (DMS) with cabin monitoring to provide deep, human-centric insight into what is happening inside a vehicle. The system understands the state of the driver, the cabin and the backseat passengers, by detecting eye gaze, head movement, body posture, occupancy, activities, children, pets and objects. Powered by Affectiva’s Emotion AI, it also captures nuanced emotions, reactions and facial expressions. In turn, Smart Eye enables OEMs and Tier 1s to build next generation vehicles that improve road safety by understanding dangerous driving behavior, and unlock features and services that enhance wellness, comfort and entertainment.

    Smart Eye Automotive Interior Sensing is a multi-modal solution built with computer vision, machine learning and massive amounts of real-world automotive data. With a flexible camera position using the latest optical RGB and IR sensors, the system runs in real time on low-power embedded systems.

    “We’re so excited to receive this recognition of our work in Interior Sensing,” said Martin Krantz, Founder and CEO of Smart Eye. “For years, Smart Eye has held a definitive leadership position in the driver monitoring system (DMS) market. Now, we are expanding our view beyond just the driver, to monitor the full cabin, to understand what is happening inside a vehicle. The industry is rapidly adopting these multi-modal Interior Sensing solutions, in response to evolving requirements for advanced safety features and next-generation mobility experiences. We’re proud to be at the forefront of this movement.”

    The CES Innovation Awards program is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in 27 consumer technology product categories. Those with the highest rating receive the “Best of Innovation” distinction. An elite panel of industry expert judges, including members of the media, designers, engineers and more, reviewed submissions based on innovation, engineering and functionality, aesthetic and design. This year’s CES Innovation Awards program received a record-high number of submissions, with 1,800 companies entering.

    Smart Eye will participate in Digital CES and will host remote, live technology demos of its latest and greatest automotive technology for select clients and partners during the week of CES and beyond.

    Learn more about Smart Eye Automotive Interior Sensing in this overview video: https://youtu.be/jRdMaL0nkSI

    Learn more about Smart Eye’s activities during CES 2022: www.www.smarteye.se/ces-2022

    The CES 2022 Innovation Awards honorees, including product descriptions and photos, can be found at CES.tech/innovation.

     

    About Smart Eye

    Smart Eye is the global leader in Human Insight AI, technology that understands, supports and predicts human behavior in complex environments. Together with its subsidiaries Affectiva and iMotions, the company is bridging the gap between humans and machines for a safe and sustainable future.

    Smart Eye offers road-ready Driver Monitoring Systems and next-level Interior Sensing solutions built on two decades of automotive experience. Smart Eye’s technology is embedded in next-generation vehicles as OEM or Tier 1 solutions and has been selected by 13 of the world’s leading car manufacturers for 89 car models. Smart Eye also provides complete hardware and software solutions for fleet and aftermarket, powering vehicles on the road today.

    As the preferred partner to the automotive industry, Smart Eye is leading the way towards safer, more sustainable transportation and mobility experiences enhancing wellness, comfort, and entertainment.

    Smart Eye was founded in 1999, is publicly traded and headquartered in Sweden with offices in the US, UK, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Japan, Singapore, and China. Learn more at: www.smarteye.ai.

     

    Press Contact:

    Hailey Melamut
    hailey.melamut@walkersands.com

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