MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the IAA Mobility show in Munich, Germany, Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ:GNTX) plans to showcase its scalable driver monitoring system designed to help automakers meet impending safety regulations aimed at reducing traffic fatalities and injuries. The company will also demonstrate its growing expertise in thermal imaging with Israel-based technology partner, ADASKY.
Gentex is a long-time supplier of electro-optical products for the global automotive, aerospace and fire protection industries. It's best known for supplying nearly every major automaker with connected-car technologies and advanced electronic features that optimize driver vision and enhance driving safety.
European Union General Safety Regulations will soon require that cars sold in Europe be equipped with a driver monitoring system (DMS). Gentex's mirror-integrated DMS tracks driver head pose, eye gaze, and other metrics to determine distraction, drowsiness, sudden sickness, and return of manual control in semi-autonomous vehicles. The system can expand to include 2D and structured-light-based 3D cabin monitoring for detecting passengers, behavior, objects, and even presence of life.
Gentex currently has ongoing DMS development programs with multiple OEMs, with much of the work taking place at Gentex Technologies Israel, a Gentex subsidiary in Tel-Aviv established to develop advanced sensor hardware and software solutions for the automotive industry.
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