##{"id":96743,"date":"2021-09-24T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/24\/seeing-machines-unveils-its-occula-npu\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T06:53:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:53:00","slug":"seeing-machines-unveils-its-occula-npu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/24\/seeing-machines-unveils-its-occula-npu\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Machines unveils its Occula\u00ae NPU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-subheadline\">Video showcasing application specific Occula\u00ae NPU, highly optimised for human detection and tracking<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1247670\/Seeing_Machines_Logo_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">CANBERRA, Australia<\/span>, Sept. 24,&#160;2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8211;&#160;Seeing Machines <b>(LSE: SEE)<\/b>, the advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety, has launched a video to highlight the core capabilities of its world-leading 8<sup>th<\/sup> generation Occula&#174; Neural Processing Unit (NPU): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1a3Y0WDcFEk\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/1a3Y0WDcFEk<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer_1\">        jwplayer.key=&#8221;3Fznr2BGJZtpwZmA+81lm048ks6+0NjLXyDdsO2YkfE=&#8221;         <\/p>\n<div id=\"myplayer1\">      &#160;     <\/div>\n<p>        jwplayer(&#8216;myplayer1&#8217;).setup({file: &#8216;https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1633362\/1802_SMS_Occula___V11.mp4&#8217;, image: &#8216;http:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/video_capture\/3516985_AE16985_1.jpg&#8217;, autostart:&#8217;false&#8217;, aspectratio: &#8217;16:9&#8242;, stretching : &#8216;fill&#8217;, width: &#8216;600&#8217;, height: &#8216;338&#8217;});   <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The unique application specific NPU design is highly optimised for human detection and tracking and enables the development of low-cost, high performance edge AI to power future human-machine interfaces. <\/p>\n<p>The Seeing Machines FOVIO Chip is the company&#8217;s own pre-validated application specific processor for implementing Driver and Occupant Monitoring Systems in vehicles, already being employed across more than one-third of its ongoing automotive programmes. The FOVIO Chip works together with Seeing Machines&#8217; optical systems solutions to combine sophisticated algorithms and ultra-efficient low power embedded processing, enabled by the Seeing Machines Occula&#174; NPU, making it the most cost and power-efficient processor available today.<\/p>\n<p>The Occula&#174; NPU design is available for licence from Seeing Machines and, as announced in January of this year, the company&#8217;s agreement with Omnivision Technologies represented the first execution of the silicon licence.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Media enquiries <br \/><span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>\/US Media contact &#8211; <span class=\"xn-person\">Sophie Nicoll<\/span> +61 419 149 683<br \/>UK Media contact &#8211; <span class=\"xn-person\">Jonathan Charles<\/span> +44 (0) 7791 892509<\/p>\n<p><b>About Seeing Machines<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Seeing Machines (LSE: SEE), <\/b>a global company founded in 2000 and headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>, is an industry leader in vision-based monitoring technology that enable machines to see, understand and assist people. Seeing Machines&#8217; 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 &#034;driver state&#034; 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. 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