Just as the ELD mandate led to an expansion of fleet telematics and mobility platforms, motor carriers have seen a new wave of products enter the market in response to the insurance crisis to better protect their companies from accident risks.
Three of the latest developments from KeepTruckin, VideoProtects by J.J. Keller and CameraMatics show major improvements in computing power and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a wide spectrum of risky driving behaviors at economical price points.
KeepTruckin began selling its first generation camera about four years ago and has an install base of over 100,000 devices. The company now has 2,500 employees worldwide and recently raised $190 million with a market valuation of $2.3 billion.
KeepTruckin has been developing its next-generation AI Dashcam for more than a year in collaboration with Ambarella, a company that is perhaps best known for developing the chipsets and video compression technology for GoPro cameras.
KeepTruckin has a new AI Dashcam that has been in development and testing for more than a year.
KeepTrucking’s hardware has ultra-high 1440p HD video resolution and a wide field of view for more coverage. The camera’s storage holds up to 104 hours of video that can be retrieved on demand. Combined with the Ambaralla chipset in the hardware, KeepTruckin says the AI dashcam can accurately detect and alert on unsafe driving behaviors that include close following distance, cell phone use, fatigue and not using a seat belt.
KeepTruckin now has an in-house safety team to analyze every video within seconds to determine the context and severity of risky behavior. Videos that do not represent actual risk are filtered out, and remaining video footage is prioritized based on risk level.
