A recent technical workshop in Bengaluru, organised by the SD Association, the nodal agency for the memory card business — showcased an interesting use-case of SD cards developed in India, for a global market.
Indian talent-fueled and San Diego (US)-headquartered Netradyne, has leveraged Artificial Intelligence to enhance a driver safety and monitoring system for commercial vehicles. Called Driveri, it includes 4 HD cameras, a GPS navigator, a 4G LTE communication channel and a Deep Learning processor. The device mounted on the windshield, analyses driver performance (does the driver maintain a safe distance with pedestrians, does he or she stop at traffic lights, etc.) and driver state (drowsy, distracted, cell phone texting). If the algorithm recognises an ‘unsafe driving event’ it captures the video around that event and uploads to the Cloud. The system will then alert the driver in real-time to avoid accidents. Driveri uses SD cards to record and store all the on board data.
Today Netradyne is using its algorithm and hardware to improve driver safety. But its technology can easily be leveraged to assist autonomous driving when that is ready to take off, says the company’s Vice President (Engineering), Teja Gudena.
