Interior Sensing Heads for 3D
There are many ways to perform 3D depth sensing in a car, but most add significantly to the bill of materials cost and system complexity.
I recently participated in a webinar with Bolaji Ojo of TechSplicit (formerly The Ojo-Yoshida Report) and Tim Edwards of Seeing Machines to discuss a new whitepaper introducing a novel technique to add 3D (depth) measurement in automotive interior sensing using a 2D RGB-IR CMOS sensor and some innovative image processing software.
The webinar goes live soon but in the meantime I have summarized some of my thoughts about 3D automotive interior sensing after studying the whitepaper and following my conversation with Ojo and Edwards.
Source: Seeing Machines
The driving force behind 3D interior sensing is improved safety outcomes. Solving for safety opens up all the possibilities that 3D convenience and comfort features can also provide for the immersive user experience which combines eye gaze, gesture and voice. Will Simon has written an excellent post on LinkedIn explaining the wider opportunities of the immersive user experience.