Guardian Optical Technologies Announced as Winner of the Gold Award in Transportation & Logistics in the 2019 Edison Awards
NEW YORK, April 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Guardian Optical Technologies has been named a winner of the gold award in Transportation & Logistics in the 2019 Edison Awards. The Edison Awards, named after Thomas Alva Edison, recognizes and honors the world's best in innovators and innovations. The Edison Awards announced the winners at the Edison Awards Gala held Thursday, April 4, 2019 in New York City.
"We are excited that out technology has been honored by the Edison Awards, recognizing Guardian's achievements in safety for the automotive industry," says Gil Dotan, CEO of Guardian Optical Technologies. "Our solution empowers car manufacturers to build safer cars and enhance user experience - at a lower cost than ever before. Generating data about the in-cabin experience in an unobtrusive way while maintaining privacy will make a tremendous impact on the automotive industry as it transitions to autonomous and more passenger-aware vehicles."
Guardian Optical Technologies enables car manufacturers to build "passenger aware" cars by creating a single sensor that can combines fifteen different applications in one. Some of the sensor capabilities include: passenger occupancy, forgotten items, forgotten infant, driver monitoring, etc. The Guardian complete in-cabin safety solution features Optical Cabin Control (OCC) monitors driver alertness by measuring factors like eyelid closure, head position, hand position on the steering wheel, and whether there is a smartphone in hand.
All nominations were reviewed by the Edison Awards Steering Committee and the final ballot sent to an independent judging panel. The judging panel was comprised of more than 3,000 professionals from the fields of product development, design, engineering, science, marketing and education, including professional organizations representing a wide variety of industries and disciplines.
For more information on the 2019 Edison Awards, please visit http://www.edisonawards.com. Applications for the 2020 awards will open in August 2019.
About Guardian Optical Technologies
Guardian Optical Technologies is dedicated to enabling "passenger-aware" cars, with cutting-edge sensor technology that makes cars safer and more convenient. Just one sensor combined with advanced 2D, 3D, and motion analysis protects drivers and passengers by constantly scanning and tracking occupants and objects anywhere in the vehicle. These technologies work with a car's seatbelts and airbags to sound immediate alerts. The system deploys machine-learning, including image analysis on the sensor's video feed, as well as "big data" analysis. Committed to providing high value to auto makers today, Guardian Optical Technologies designed its system to effortlessly support future advances in the auto industry, particularly autonomous vehicles. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the tech start-up was founded in 2014. It has won major accelerator competitions sponsored by EcoMotion and Microsoft, and has several patents pending, with other patent applications in progress. For more information, visit http://www.guardian-optech.com.
About The Edison Awards
Established in 1987, the Edison Awards is a program conducted by Edison Universe, a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to fostering future innovators. For more information about the Edison Awards, please visit http://www.edisonawards.com.
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