Products with 360-degree camera views, extended recording and predictive ‘big data’ analysis will be leading the market growth of video safety systems over the next two to five years, according to a January, 2016, report from industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
On Thurs., Sept. 15, NetraDyne announced a product with all of the above features and more. Founded in 2015, the San Diego-based company says its new video safety system was built from the ground up to focus on safety from the driver’s perspective.
The new driver-i (pronounced “driver eye”) platform from NetraDyne uses a four-camera system that enables a 360-degree field of view.
The cameras feed live video through a state-of-the-art Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that makes one trillion calculations per second. These calculations use artificial intelligence, deep learning, and a “neuromorphic approach” that mimics how the human brain processes information while driving.
By comparison, a laptop can only make a billion calculations per second, says Sandeep Pandya, president of NetraDyne, who has more than two decades of experience in wireless product development and helped launch Qualcomm’s modern chipsets.
The driver-i platform monitors both moving and stationary objects around the vehicle. Motorists, pedestrians, signage, traffic lights, weather and road conditions are some of the objects that it can instantly identify to assess risk, along with aggressive driving behaviors.
