Seeing Machines tackles driver concerns

Seeing Machines, the Australian company now taking its driver fatigue and distraction detection technology to the world, released a YouTube clip earlier this year addressing driver concerns surrounding its Guardian system.

The Guardian system utilises a dash-top camera unit used by a growing number of road transport operators to help detect driver fatigue and distraction events and head off accidents before they occur.

Put simply, the Guardian’s cameras can detect the driver’s facial movements and head position when driving – for example, whether the driver’s face is dropping, or his or her eyes are partially closing – with the system then sending a vibrating alert to the driver’s seat and an audible alarm to jolt them back to attention.

Incidents are also reported back to the driver’s operator, so the operator can contact the driver and see if all is okay, or if the driver needs to pull over to rest.

But in an era where facial recognition technology is becoming increasingly common and sophisticated, Seeing Machines recently released a video to address drivers’ concerns over the Guardian system – concerns ranging from privacy issues, to infra-red exposure, and more.

Check out the clip, titled Guardian Mythbusters, below…

Headquartered in Canberra, Seeing Machines now has offices in the US, Europe and Japan, with its Guardian system recently surpassing one billion kilometres of travel.

The company says its ultimate goal is to reduce transport fatalities to zero and claims that, when used, its technology has been proven to reduce driving accidents by more than 90 per cent.

For more information on the Seeing Machines Guardian system, click here.