What constitutes a fatigue driving warning system?

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At the 2017 Hi-Tech Electronics Expo in Japan (CEATEC JAPAN), Panasonic exhibited a fatigue driving warning system called “Emotional? SENSING”.

"Emotions? Physical condition SENSING" installed a total of two cameras for surveillance photography and thermal photography. When people want to doze off, they will actually feel sleepy. The surveillance camera will capture the driver's expression and blink of an eye. Panasonic collected about 1800 kinds of physiological parameters related to dozing. After AI analysis by Panasonic. It can divide the driver's sleepy data into five levels: “not sleepy” and “sleeping”.

The thermal camera captures the driver's skin temperature and body heat. Panasonic conducted research with Chiba University in Japan. They found that no matter how people dress, the heat dissipation of the human body will be related to the degree of drowsiness after a period of time. So Panasonic has developed an infrared sensor "Grid-EYE" that can be combined with environmental changes (such as the sky is getting darker) to predict the driver's doze.

Panasonic also used the experience accumulated in the production of air conditioners on the fatigue driving warning system. “Grid-EYE” will monitor the human body at a suitable temperature in real time. The system can keep the driver in a awake state by automatically adjusting the temperature of the air conditioner in the car. If the system finds that the driver is a little sleepy, there will be strong winds blowing people to wake up.

In order to develop the "Emotional and Physical Condition SENSING" system, Matsushita applied for 22 patents and will make great efforts to develop a fatigue driving warning system only because the car business is becoming more and more important to Panasonic.

The 2016 financial report shows that Panasonic Automotive Infotainment Systems, which is primarily responsible for in-vehicle business, contributed more than 30% of sales to Panasonic, making it one of the most profitable subsidiaries of Panasonic's subsidiaries.

At the business policy briefing held in May 2017, the in-vehicle business was placed at a key position that needs to be focused on development. In 2016, the in-vehicle business brought Panasonic sales of 1.3 trillion yen, of which navigation and audio-visual systems contributed 540 billion yen, and safety-type driving assistance systems were 370 billion yen, while vehicles with Tesla The cooperative electric vehicle battery business contributed 400 billion yen.

According to the Panasonic plan, they hope that by 2018, the sales of the car business will exceed 2 trillion yen for the first time, and by 2021 Panasonic can become the top ten auto parts companies in the world.