Seeing Machines Limited Fleet Product Launch (2486L)
April 27 2015 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2486L
Seeing Machines Limited
27 April 2015
Seeing Machines Launches Fleet Product
New Lifesaving Technology Combats Distracted Driving and
Fatigue
27 April 2015
CINCINNATI (NPTC ANNUAL CONFERENCE) - Seeing Machines (AIM:
SEE), the AIM-listed company with a focus on operator monitoring
and intervention sensing technologies and services, is pleased to
announce the U.S. launch of Seeing Machines Fleet, an incident
avoidance solution that helps drivers and fleet operators better
manage fatigue and distraction events in real time.
Unlike today's common, in-cab video-based event recorders,
Seeing Machines Fleet technology helps professional drivers avoid
accidents and reduce the risk of governmental fines through an
advanced set of distraction and fatigue detection technologies.
Seeing Machines Fleet uses the company's proven computer-vision
DSS(TM) technology to track driver eye and facial movement to
provide fleet operators an objective way of detecting and
preventing driver fatigue and distraction events in real time. 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 of testing, field studies and industry
usage in mining, transportation and automotive sectors where the
organisation works closely with its alliance partners Caterpillar
and Takata. 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.
The data shows an overwhelming need for increased safety on the
roads. According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA), a high number of people are killed each
year due to fatigue and distraction while driving. In 2012 alone,
large trucks were involved in traffic accidents that injured
104,000 people in the U.S. According to Fleetistics, the average
cost of a wrongful death verdict for trucking companies is US$6.7
million. Seeing Machines' solution enables operators to take direct
action to reduce the number of accidents on the road.
"Driver fatigue and distraction are clearly major contributing
factors in vehicle accidents. Drivers who are tired or who have
microsleeps, or who are distracted by activities including texting,
drift in and out of lanes or off the road, vary their speed
unnecessarily and are fundamentally unable to react in time to
other drivers and other potential hazards on the road." said Dr.
Mike Lenné, GM Human Factors, Seeing Machines. "Seeing Machines has
created an industry-leading portfolio of image processing
capability related specifically to head, eye, and gaze tracking.
This core technology is crucial in detecting these behaviours in
real time and therefore in helping companies and drivers to better
understand their safety issues and to support changes to address
these known risks."
Enquiries:
U.S. Press
Anne Donohoe, Public +01 732 620 0033
Relations Anne.Donohoe@seeingmachines.com
Seeing Machines Limited
Ken Kroeger, Managing +61 2 6103 4700
Director and CEO Ken.Kroeger@seeingmachines.com
James Walker, Finance +61 2 6103 4700
Director James.Walker@seeingmachines.com
finnCap Ltd, Broker for Seeing Machines
Ed Frisby / Christopher
Raggett
Corporate Finance +44 20 7220 0500
Joanna Weaving, Corporate
Broking
Newgate, Investment Communications for Seeing
Machines
Robyn McConnachie Tel: +44 20 7653 9852 /
Mob: +44 7540 706 191
Tim Thompson Robyn.mcconnachie@newgatecomms.com
Tel: +44 20 7653 9858 /
Lois Engstrand Mob: +44 7710 718 649
Tim.thompson@newgatecomms.com
Tel: +44 20 7653 9844 /
Mob: +44 7540 248 478
Lois.engstrand@newgatecomms.com
About Seeing Machines
Seeing Machines, (AIM: SEE) is focused on operator monitoring
and intervention sensing technologies and services. With more than
15 years of experience, Seeing Machines uses advanced detection and
prevention safety assistance technologies to track eye and facial
movement in order to monitor fatigue, drowsiness and distraction
events, like microsleeps, texting and cell phone use as they occur,
while providing for a real-time intervention strategy, which
improves operator, driver and environmental safety, preserves
assets, and reduces risk. Seeing Machines' technology is used
worldwide across the automotive, mining, transport and aviation
industries; as well as many of the leading academic research groups
and transportation authorities. Seeing Machines is headquartered in
Australia and has offices in Tucson, Arizona, Mountain View,
California and Santiago, Chile. The Company has strategic alliances
with Caterpillar, TK Holdings and Eye Tracking Inc and counts
companies such as BHP Billiton, Freeport McMoran, Toll Holdings and
Boeing amongst its customers.
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