Ambarella and INVO Tech deliver driver and occupant monitoring system

This cooperation makes driving safer by bringing multi-sensor perception technology to vehicle smart cockpits.

As GAC’s first self-developed hybrid SUV model, the Emkoo is equipped with the GAC Mega Wave Power Hybrid GMC 2.0. The maximum range of the Emkoo is 1,711km, and the fuel consumption for 100km is only 3.2L.

The companies claim that with its youthful fashion and intelligent tech, this SUV targets young customers such as Gen Z. The model has a trendy design that looks sci-fi and avant-garde, with a variety of trims to choose from, and is favoured by young customers.

The Emkoo SUV’s smart hardware configuration is based on GAC Motor’s in-house, full-stack smart driving tech platform. Based on years of experience in computer vision and image perception, INVO Tech, together with GAC Motor and Ambarella, have developed the Super Sensory Cockpit.

Interactive System

This system uses a single CV25AQ AI SoC from Ambarella, and integrates one 2MP driver monitoring system (DMS) camera, one front occupant monitoring system (OMS) camera, two rear OMS cameras, and one ‘life monitoring’ radar, along with a comprehensive layout of other integrated sensing technologies.

The DMS camera uses OMNIVISION’s IR sensor to sense the driver’s behaviour and status in all directions and scenarios. The OMS camera uses OMNIVISION’s RGB-IR sensors, which are deployed in the ceiling lights and left and right B-pillars to ensure there are no blind spots in the cabin. The combined DMS and OMS cameras can not only track the driver’s status and provide fatigue alerts but can also track rear passengers to help make driving safer and easier.

Through this hardware configuration, INVO Tech, in conjunction with upstream and downstream ecosystem partners, has developed functions such as Face ID, along with the detection of driver fatigue, smoking, phone calls, gender and age, as well as the recognition of moods, gestures, signs, and other indicators to provide a super-sensory interactive experience.

Examples of the functions this system provides include driver fatigue warnings, music volume reduction during phone calls, automatic window roll down when smoking, infotainment gesture control, auto-generated mood-based music playlists, and child monitoring.

INVO Tech plans to continue increasing its partner investments and collaborations to create diversified products that promote the development of autonomous driving technologies. The advanced algorithms in this project are powered by Ambarella’s CVflow AI engine inside its CV25AQ SoC.

INVO Tech’s cockpit visual perception system based on Ambarella’s CV25AQ SoC and related products have been mass-produced on GAC vehicle models. The CV25AQ is an automotive grade AI perception SoC from Ambarella that uses advanced 10nm process technology. It provides high AI performance and low power consumption and is a proven technology that is mature and stable. It is popular in a wide variety of AI computer vision applications, has performance advantages and very low power consumption.

In addition to its AI capabilities, Ambarella’s CV25AQ SoC integrates an leading ISP with excellent image quality. It supports a wide variety of different CMOS image sensors (e.g., monochrome, RGBIR, RGGB), and includes features such as accurate CMOS image sensor synchronisation and exposure control to avoid interference from the multi-camera infrared lights in DMS/OMS systems. These image quality advantages also help visual perception algorithms achieve greater accuracy using the CV25AQ’s AI engine.

INVO Tech’s Cockpit Super Sensory Interactive System complies with Euro NCAP 2025 standards. This means that it can perform reliable visual processing in complex lighting conditions to ensure the safety of the driver and the passengers. The CV25AQ’s software also includes fault tolerance for unexpected interruptions in the camera signal and general fault handling, which meets the system’s ASIL functional safety requirements.

The collaboration between Ambarella and INVO Tech have further improved the safety of smart cockpits. They plan to continue their collaborations, in support of making vehicles safer.