FPT own the exclusive patent of sleepy warning procedure while driving.

With a camera integrated face recognition system and image processing based on AI foundation, sleepy warning procedure of drivers of author group from FPT and a few universities was certified the exclusive patent by National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (Ministry of Science and Technology). This procedure enables constructing the system that recognize the sleepy condition of drivers based on face image sent from camera, the system then continuously analyses colorful image data and status form different position in the face such as eyes, mouth. If it recognizes any unusual image such as closing eye, yawning of drivers, the system will give a warning, This is a very essential procedure in preventing accidents that can easily happened due to the neglect of drivers.

This is the first sleepy warning procedure was certified the exclusive patent within Vietnam. FPT used to have 20 patents of IT such as Mechanism to recognize toxic source, 3D printers (10 patents); Data Analysis Procedure; Wind energy power; the system that recognize finger movement status on limited artificial space.

Previously, there were some patents about sleepy warning such as warning throughout the level of the touch of drivers and temperature sensor camera to find out if the driver is conscious or not. However, these patents were very complicated and expensive and they required special gloves for drivers and high quality temperature sensor camera.

Car technology is one of the aspects that FPT has significantly focused on doing research and developing over the past few years. In October 2017, FPT was the first company that officially announced automotive driving technology in Vietnam and was one of minor companies pioneering in driverless car in South East Asia. The driverless technology is at level 3 based on 5 levels of automotive cars by Society of Automotive Engineers and successfully integrated on 4-seat commercial cars and electrical cars for golf field. Besides, FPT was allowed to experiment automotive technology in hi-tech campus Hoa Lac. At the moment, FPT is doing more research to develop new function to enhance the accuracy of ability to move in a new car foundation. FPT plans to experiment new car versions in hi-tech campus in this year.

Lately, FPT has cooperated with Yamaha Motor and Ecopark to deploy driverless car in Ecopark. Accordingly, FPT is one of first IT companies in the world that integrated automotive technology that the companies did research and developed themselves for cars in golf fields, which was announced in the beginning of January 2019 in Japan. Ecopark is the first urban areas that witness the first experiment of electrical cars of Yamaha and FPT’s automotice technology for the transportation of citizens.