New Driver Incident Avoidance System from Seeing Machines

Seeing Machines Seeing Machines (AIM: SEE), a company focused on operator monitoring and intervention, has announced the U.S. launch of Seeing Machines Fleet, an incident avoidance solution designed to help drivers and fleet operators better manage fatigue and distraction events in real time.

In contrast to in-cab video-based event recorders, Seeing Machines Fleet technology uses the company’s computer-vision DSS™ technology to track driver eye and facial movement to provide fleet operators “an objective way of detecting and preventing driver fatigue and distraction events.”

According to the company, the moment a threat is detected, the system alerts the driver and the monitoring staff through in-vehicle alarms and seat vibrations while sending an informative data package to the central monitoring team for further analysis and action.

“Unlike competitors’ passive recording technology that is used for post-event analysis and driver coaching, our technology assists operators and truck drivers in avoiding accidents in the first place. This has helped our customers reduce fatigue and distraction related incidents – helping keep people, cargo and equipment safe as well as increasing efficiency, productivity and profitability,” said Ken Kroeger, CEO, Seeing Machines.

The research and development supporting Seeing Machines Fleet spans more than eight years. The technology is currently being used by mining, road transport and bus customers in Europe, Australia and South Africa and is expected to appear in private passenger cars as early as 2016.

Seeing Machines has shipped more than 4,000 units of its driver safety system worldwide, with all clients reporting, at minimum, a 71 percent reduction in fatigue and distraction related driving events.

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