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Seeing Machines and OMNIVISION Launch Silicon Platform with Interior Sensing
Technology Optimized with Occula® Neural Processing Unit

 

Announced at CES 2023, automakers now have a powerful and cost-effective
in-cabin monitoring solution for space-constrained areas that also meets
strict European regulations

 

LAS VEGAS - January 5, 2023 - Seeing Machines Limited
(https://www.seeingmachines.com/) (LSE: SEE), the advanced computer vision
technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to
improve transport safety, and OMNIVISION (https://www.ovt.com/) , a leading
global developer of semiconductor solutions, including advanced digital
imaging (https://www.ovt.com/products/#image-sensor) , analog, and touch &
display technology (https://www.ovt.com/products/#touchanddisplay) , 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
(http://www.ovt.com/contact-sales) .

 

About Seeing Machines

Seeing Machines (LSE: SEE), a global company founded in 2000 and headquartered
in Australia, is an industry leader in vision-based monitoring technology that
enables machines to see, understand and assist people. Seeing Machines is
revolutionizing global transport safety. Its 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 (http://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
(http://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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OMNIVISION

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Seeing Machines Media/Investor Contact:

Sophie Nicoll

Seeing Machines Limited

+61 419 149 683

sophie.nicoll@seeingmachines.com (mailto:sophie.nicoll@seeingmachines.com)

 

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