OMNIVISION and Philips have announced that they will collaborate to present a prototype of the first-ever in-cabin connected well-being monitoring solution at AutoSens Europe, which will be held at the Palau de Congressos in Barcelona, Spain, from October 8–10, 2024.
The in-cabin health and well-being system detects vital signals such as pulse and breathing rate. Customizing comfort settings while driving, such as intelligently adjusting the media, lighting, temperature, seats, engine modes, scent, and more, may be made possible by the data. It will also assist in enabling adaptive route and break suggestions, as well as timely vehicle timed delivery.
The showcased prototype integrates the advanced OX05B1S CMOS image sensor from OMNIVISION, a 5-megapixel (MP) RGB-IR backside illuminated (BSI) global shutter sensor for in-cabin monitoring systems, with Philips’ vital signs camera for automotive software.
The image sensor includes Nyxel® technology, which combines unique silicon semiconductor designs and techniques to achieve the industry leading quantum efficiency at the 940nm near-infrared (NIR) wavelength.
This improves the performance of the cabin camera capabilities of the OX05B1S by allowing it to detect and recognize objects in extremely low illumination settings that other image sensors would miss. The data from the image sensor is processed smoothly by an OAX4600 image signal processor for the medical technology system, which is enabled by superior artificial intelligence (AI).
Key Comments
“Automotive OEMs are continuously looking to add value and differentiate their brands by adding novel features that increase the comfort level in cars,” said Ritesh Agarwal, senior automotive marketing manager, OMNVISION.“As a leading supplier of image sensors for the automotive market, we have partnered with Philips, a renowned health and well-being technology software provider, to develop a vital signs monitoring solution particularly tailored to the automotive industry, which has the potential to be connected to the comfort and safety settings of the car. This in-cabin solution will bring added value to automotive consumers and shorten time to market for tier-one automotive OEMs.”
“By collaborating with OMNIVISION, we have demonstrated that camera sensors already available in the automotive industry are capable of accurately measuring vital signs such as pulse rate and breathing rate,” said Laurens Pronk, business development manager EMEA, Philips. “Philips has over 20 years of experience in developing and clinically validating patented vital signs monitoring algorithms for various sensor technologies. We have partnered with OMNIVISION, an industry leader in in-cabin automotive image sensors, to leverage our joint capabilities and demonstrate this state-of-the-art technology during AutoSens Europe.”
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