Advanced DMS
Use Case
Full body engagement
Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) are becoming regulatory standard around the world. But today this is limited to the analysis of gaze direction (eyes on road) and eyelid closure (eyes open). To really understand driver engagement and hand over readiness in advanced automated driving scenarios (ADAS), interior monitoring (IMS) needs to provide a more holistic view.
Examples that improve driver monitoring assessment are
- assessment of hands on steering wheel
- Interaction of hand, object and gaze
- Angle and rotation of torso to asses time for take over
and more!
Why is advanced DMS important?
A large portion of accidents is due to human errors. Driver monitoring is addressing this by assessing drowsiness and distraction. This will be mandatory in EU in the next years – focusing on gaze, eyelid and head pose. While it is a great start to understand if a person is looking at the road, requirements will become more complex in cars with higher degrees of automation. It becomes more important to understand behaviours, activities, pose and object interactions – especially to plan and handle handover scenarios from automated driving.