DENSO and
FotoNation to Collaborate on Image Recognition Technology
–
Enhancing the development of next-generation Driver Status Monitor leveraging
facial image recognition, and neural network technologies –
KARIYA, JAPAN, Oct 18, 2017 – (JCN
Newswire) – DENSO Corporation, one of the world’s largest automotive
technology, systems and components suppliers, and Xperi Corporation (NASDAQ:
XPERI), a Silicon Valley-based technology company, announced that DENSO will
start joint technology development of cabin sensing with FotoNation, an Xperi
group company specializing in image recognition technologies. The partnership
will help DENSO significantly improve the performance of its Driver Status
Monitor, an active safety product currently used in commercial vehicles.
Improvements of such products also will accelerate the development of
next-generation products to be used in passenger vehicles, including a system
to help drivers return to driving mode during Level 3 of autonomous drive.
This collaboration will combine DENSO’s accumulated
experience in improving the robustness of cabin sensing innovations and
FotoNation’s sophisticated facial image recognition and neural network
technologies. By combining technologies of the two companies, DENSO will be
able to achieve the world’s most sophisticated driver status detection, which
will not be affected by differences between individual faces, or by sunglasses,
masks, and other facial coverings, in the vehicle cabin where environmental
light changes dramatically.
Since 2014, DENSO has provided a Driver Status Monitor for
heavy trucks and large sightseeing buses. This advanced safety product uses a
cabin camera to capture images of the driver and computer vision technology to
detect the driver’s face angle to determine the level of drowsiness. Using its
proprietary algorithm to carefully analyze the driver’s eye blinking, DENSO’s
driver status monitor can detect driver drowsiness and alert the driver when it
judges the driver is distracted or falling asleep at the wheel, to help prevent
traffic accidents.
With its superior technologies, FotoNation has led computer
imaging solutions integration for more than 10 years. FotoNation has maintained
market leadership in the mobile image recognition segment and its technologies
are installed in various devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, drones
and security cameras, with approximately 25 percent of world’s smartphones
using its image recognition technology.
“Understanding the status of the driver and engaging
them at the right time is an important component for enabling the future of autonomous
driving,” said Yukihiro Kato, senior executive director, Information &
Safety Systems Business Group of DENSO. “I believe this collaboration with
Xperi will help accelerate our innovative ADAS product development by bringing
together the unique expertise of both our companies.”
“We are excited to partner with DENSO to innovate in
such a dynamic field,” said Jon Kirchner, CEO of Xperi Corporation.
“This partnership will play a significant role in paving the way to the
ultimate goal of safer roadways through use of our imaging and facial analytics
technologies and DENSO’s vast experience in the space.”
Using FotoNation’s facial image recognition and neural
networks technologies, detection accuracy will be increased remarkably by
detecting much more features instead of using the conventional detection method
based on the relative positions of the eyes, nose, mouth, and other facial
regions. Moreover, DENSO will develop new functions, such as those to detect
the driver’s gaze direction and facial expressions more accurately, to
understand the state of mind of the driver in order to help create more
comfortable vehicles.
DENSO will exhibit a prototype next-generation driver status
monitor at the Tokyo Motor Show from October 27 to
November 5, 2017.
About Xperi Corporation
Xperi Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER) and its brands, DTS,
FotoNation, HD Radio, Invensas and Tessera, are dedicated to creating
innovative technology solutions that enable extraordinary experiences for
people around the world. Xperi’s solutions are licensed by hundreds of leading
global partners and have shipped in billions of products in areas including
premium audio, broadcast, automotive, computational imaging, computer vision,
mobile computing and communications, memory, data storage, and 3D semiconductor
interconnect and packaging. For more information, please call 408-321-6000 or visitwww.xperi.com.
About Denso
DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture,
Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems
and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and
information and safety. Its customers include all the world’s major carmakers.
Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38
countries and regions and employs nearly 140,000 people. Consolidated global
sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, totaled US$39.8 billion. Last
fiscal year, DENSO spent 9 percent of its global consolidated sales on research
and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock
exchanges. For more information, go towww.globaldenso.com, or visit our media website atwww.densomediacenter.com.
Newswire) – DENSO Corporation, one of the world’s largest automotive
technology, systems and components suppliers, and Xperi Corporation (NASDAQ:
XPERI), a Silicon Valley-based technology company, announced that DENSO will
start joint technology development of cabin sensing with FotoNation, an Xperi
group company specializing in image recognition technologies. The partnership
will help DENSO significantly improve the performance of its Driver Status
Monitor, an active safety product currently used in commercial vehicles.
Improvements of such products also will accelerate the development of
next-generation products to be used in passenger vehicles, including a system
to help drivers return to driving mode during Level 3 of autonomous drive.
This collaboration will combine DENSO’s accumulated
experience in improving the robustness of cabin sensing innovations and
FotoNation’s sophisticated facial image recognition and neural network
technologies. By combining technologies of the two companies, DENSO will be
able to achieve the world’s most sophisticated driver status detection, which
will not be affected by differences between individual faces, or by sunglasses,
masks, and other facial coverings, in the vehicle cabin where environmental
light changes dramatically.
Since 2014, DENSO has provided a Driver Status Monitor for
heavy trucks and large sightseeing buses. This advanced safety product uses a
cabin camera to capture images of the driver and computer vision technology to
detect the driver’s face angle to determine the level of drowsiness. Using its
proprietary algorithm to carefully analyze the driver’s eye blinking, DENSO’s
driver status monitor can detect driver drowsiness and alert the driver when it
judges the driver is distracted or falling asleep at the wheel, to help prevent
traffic accidents.
With its superior technologies, FotoNation has led computer
imaging solutions integration for more than 10 years. FotoNation has maintained
market leadership in the mobile image recognition segment and its technologies
are installed in various devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, drones
and security cameras, with approximately 25 percent of world’s smartphones
using its image recognition technology.
“Understanding the status of the driver and engaging
them at the right time is an important component for enabling the future of autonomous
driving,” said Yukihiro Kato, senior executive director, Information &
Safety Systems Business Group of DENSO. “I believe this collaboration with
Xperi will help accelerate our innovative ADAS product development by bringing
together the unique expertise of both our companies.”
“We are excited to partner with DENSO to innovate in
such a dynamic field,” said Jon Kirchner, CEO of Xperi Corporation.
“This partnership will play a significant role in paving the way to the
ultimate goal of safer roadways through use of our imaging and facial analytics
technologies and DENSO’s vast experience in the space.”
Using FotoNation’s facial image recognition and neural
networks technologies, detection accuracy will be increased remarkably by
detecting much more features instead of using the conventional detection method
based on the relative positions of the eyes, nose, mouth, and other facial
regions. Moreover, DENSO will develop new functions, such as those to detect
the driver’s gaze direction and facial expressions more accurately, to
understand the state of mind of the driver in order to help create more
comfortable vehicles.
DENSO will exhibit a prototype next-generation driver status
monitor at the Tokyo Motor Show from October 27 to
November 5, 2017.
About Xperi Corporation
Xperi Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER) and its brands, DTS,
FotoNation, HD Radio, Invensas and Tessera, are dedicated to creating
innovative technology solutions that enable extraordinary experiences for
people around the world. Xperi’s solutions are licensed by hundreds of leading
global partners and have shipped in billions of products in areas including
premium audio, broadcast, automotive, computational imaging, computer vision,
mobile computing and communications, memory, data storage, and 3D semiconductor
interconnect and packaging. For more information, please call 408-321-6000 or visitwww.xperi.com.
About Denso
DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture,
Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems
and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and
information and safety. Its customers include all the world’s major carmakers.
Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38
countries and regions and employs nearly 140,000 people. Consolidated global
sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, totaled US$39.8 billion. Last
fiscal year, DENSO spent 9 percent of its global consolidated sales on research
and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock
exchanges. For more information, go towww.globaldenso.com, or visit our media website atwww.densomediacenter.com.
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