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Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Bosch Face Reco Keeps Drivers Attention and Entertained

Clever general idea.  A demonstration for now.  How broadly might it be deployed?  Something as simple as detecting when you a start looking 'down', and providing a beep of the kind now used for lane encroachment would be a good start.

Bosch’s facial recognition tech keeps you safe, entertained behind the wheel   By Ronan Glon in DigitalTrends

This story is part of our continuing coverage of CES 2020, including tech and gadgets from the showroom floor.

German supplier Bosch is working on bringing facial recognition technology to the world of cars. Similar to what’s available on many smartphones, the feature is a way to keep the passengers safe, entertained, and comfortable.

Digital Trends checked out the tech at CES 2020, where Bosch packed it into a #vanlife-spec Volkswagen Touran for demonstration purposes. In this application, it consisted of a driver-facing camera positioned between the steering wheel and the instrument cluster, and a passenger-monitoring camera located where the map lights are. Thomas Lenzen, one of the product managers responsible for the technology, explained that it’s possible to move the cameras around, and add or remove them as needed. Users may want a third camera to watch their kids in the back.  ... " 

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