DSS Rollout at Cloud Peak Energy

RNS Number : 0407G

Seeing Machines Limited

25 June 2012

 



Seeing Machines Limited

("Seeing Machines" or the "Company")

Driver Safety Solution (DSS) Rollout at Cloud Peak Energy (CPE)

Seeing Machines Limited (AIM: SEE) announces today that Cloud Peak Energy is progressing the roll-out of the DSS at its Cordero Rojo Mine in Wyoming in the United States.  Following a tender process Cloud Peak and Seeing Machines entered into an agreement in August 2011 for a 2 stage project to first trial 9 DSS units across 3 sites and secondly to rollout the DSS to the haul truck fleet (around 70 trucks) pending a successful trial.

CPE (NYSE:CLD) is one of the largest US coal producers and is headquartered in Wyoming with 3 sites, Antelope Mine and Cordero Rojo Mine in Wyoming and Spring Creek Mine in Montana.  CPE is widely recognized for the performance of its safety and environmental programs. 

Seeing Machines has received the purchase order for the first element of the broader rollout which includes 31 new DSS units and the upgrade of the 9 trial units to the new DSS version 3.  This is worth approximately $370k over the next 3 months.  The hardware platform of DSS version 3.0 is considerably more ruggedised than previous versions and has been developed based on results from extensive testing and field trials conducted in partnership with our customers including CPE during the past year.

Ken Kroeger, CEO of Seeing Machines commented: "We are delighted that Cloud Peak having trialled the DSS have decide to commence a broader rollout.  The take up and acceptance of the DSS as the accepted standard for fatigue detection and management for mine vehicle operators that we are seeing in Australia, the US, South Africa and Chile in particular gives us much confidence about the growth trajectory for this key part of our business."

Enquiries:

Seeing Machines Limited	Ken Kroeger, Managing Director & CEO	[phone]
Daniel Stewart & Company plc	David Hart/James Thomas	[phone]
Walbrook PR Ltd	Helen Westaway Paul Cornelius	+44 (0)  20 7933 8780 [phone] [e-mail] [phone] [e-mail]

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About Seeing Machines Limited

Seeing Machines is a world leader in the development of premier products and applications that rely on capturing and understanding the behaviour of human faces and eyes.

More information is available from our web site: www.seeingmachines.com

About Seeing Machines' Driver Safety Solution (DSS)

The Seeing Machines DSS suite is a rugged, non-invasive platform that uses cutting edge face and eye tracking techniques to deliver information on operator fatigue and distraction. The DSS has been specifically designed for deployment into fleets and environments where fatigue and operator distraction pose substantial risk to personnel and equipment and therefore need to be monitored and managed.

For more information on DSS, go to http://www.seeingmachines.com/product/dss/

About Seeing Machines' Fatigue Management Consulting

Seeing Machines supports its DSS technology with professional and scientific fatigue management consulting and training services designed to build understanding of how businesses can reduce the risk of operator  fatigue and support the readiness, implementation and acceptance of its products. Seeing Machines has developed a comprehensive fatigue management framework through combined collaboration with leading fatigue research institutions and hands on experience in the field with organisations who proactively manage fatigue. Seeing Machines also provides detailed fatigue management training for site personnel to better enable them to understand the causes of, and manage their own fatigue.

For more information on fatigue management, go to http://www.seeingmachines.com/fatigue-consultancy/

About Seeing Machines' faceAPI®

faceAPI® allows users to incorporate Seeing Machines world-class face tracking technology into their own products or applications. faceAPI provides a growing suite of image-processing modules created specifically for tracking and understanding faces and facial features. These powerful tracking modules are combined into a complete API toolkit that delivers a rich stream of information that can be incorporated into our customers' own products or services. Seeing Machines faceAPI® delivers a comprehensive, integrated solution for developing products that leverage real-time face tracking. All image-processing for face tracking is handled internally, removing the need for computer vision experience.

For more information on faceAPI®, go to http://www.seeingmachines.com/product/faceapi/

About Seeing Machines' faceLAB®5

Seeing Machines has been creating advanced eye tracking algorithms since the company was founded in 2000. faceLAB®5 is the organisation's eye tracking system that allows researchers to objectively measure human behavior in a wide range of operational conditions and research settings. faceLAB®'s unique eye and facial tracking solution offers users rare flexibility, portability, and accuracy.

For more information on faceLAB®, go to http://www.seeingmachines.com/product/facelab/

About Seeing Machines' Truefield® Analyzer (TFA)

Currently going through its final clinical trials, the TFA will make objective visual field testing a clinical reality. It combines objectivity with 'non-contact' ease of use, making it easy for technicians and patients, giving clinicians objectivity when assessing their patients' conditions. Assessing both eyes concurrently, TFA tests are fast and can be run in both full-test and screening modes. The tests' bilateral concurrency allows the consensual light reflex to be exploited to identify bilateral asymmetries improving test accuracy. Most importantly, the TFA makes objective perimetry a clinical reality.

For more information on TFA, go to http://www.seeingmachines.com/product/truefield/

 

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