Grant of US Patent

Seeing Machines Limited
27 June 2006



27 June 2006

                            SEEING MACHINES LIMITED

                      ('Seeing Machines' or 'the Company')

                               GRANT of US PATENT


Seeing Machines Limited (AIM : SEE), a leading developer of advanced computer
based imaging software systems, was advised on 26 June 2006 that the US Patent
and Trademark Office had on 9 May 2006 granted a United States Patent to the
Company as follows:



US 7,043,056  'Facial image processing system', Edwards, T. et al.

Abstract: A method of determining an eye gaze direction of an observer is
disclosed comprising the steps of: (a) capturing at least one image of the
observer and determining a head pose angle of the observer; (b) utilising the
head pose angle to locate an expected eye position of the observer, and (c)
analysing the expected eye position to locate at least one eye of the observer
and observing the location of the eye to determine the gaze direction.



This patent provides the foundation of the Company's core technology for head
and face tracking.  This technology is one aspect of the unique solutions
offered by the Company for reliable and robust measurements of eye gaze
direction in difficult real-world environments.  It is therefore a crucial
aspect of building tools and applications that work in the real world.



Dr Nick Cerneaz, Chief Executive, commented: 'This is a tremendously important
patent for the Company, as it protects one of the core innovations of the
Company's research efforts.  It is the basis of a good portion of our commercial
success to date and indeed our future planning.  We have a pipeline of product
opportunities aiming to exploit this capability and knowing that the technology
has been protected in the important US market is highly encouraging.'



Details of the patent can be found here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/
nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&
r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7043056.PN.&OS=PN/7043056&RS=PN/7043056



Enquiries:


Seeing Machines Limited          Insinger de Beaufort        Parkgreen Communications
Nick Cerneaz, CEO                Simon Fox                   Justine Howarth / Victoria Thomas
[phone]              [phone]        [phone]
www.seeingmachines.com





About Seeing Machines

Seeing Machines is an award winning Technology Company which focuses on vision
based human machine interfaces.  Formed in 2000 in Canberra, Australia, Seeing
Machines' purpose is to commercialise its computer-vision across a range of
industries and applications.

Seeing Machines deliver advanced computer vision solutions for researches and
developers in human factors, transportation safety, computer human interaction,
robotics, medical research and psychology.  The flagship product faceLABTM
provides an automated and contact-free gaze and head tracking technology, it
solves the problem of observing human behaviour naturally, non-intrusively and
with a high degree of accuracy and usability.

faceLABTM is a computer vision system that is able to measure the orientation
and position of a human head, as well as detect blinks and estimate
gaze-direction. It achieves all of this completely visually through a stereo
camera system connected to advanced image processing software, with no
attachments required on the subject.  The product is designed to allow human
factors researchers and designers assess the interaction of an operator in an
environment and this finds application in designing operator environments, such
as cockpits for cars, trucks, trains, and aeroplanes for instance, and other
industrial design applications, as well as medical and psychological research
situations.  The technology also has application in monitoring automobile
drivers and if it detects drowsiness or that the driver is distracted and their
attention has been diverted from the road, an alarm can be raised to alert the
driver to either pull over and rest in the case of drowsiness or to pay more
attention to the road.

faceLABTM works in real-time, enabling the behaviour of a subject to be tracked.
This technology is paving the way in promoting safer driving conditions and
works to enhance the driving experience and to eliminate accidents caused
through driver drowsiness or distraction.

There are many different sectors that can benefit from this revolutionary
software, for which it has been developed, including: automotive; academic
research; medicine/healthcare; defence; autostereoscopy (next generation
displays); sport; and games.




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