Lizard Glances1 Jun 2022 14:37
Great post from Colin Barnden on linkedin.
"On May 19, I spoke at carhs training gmbh #SafetyWeek 2022 in Würzburg, Germany, and presented "Why Driver Monitoring is the Critical Safety Function." I included the slide below, and stated that there is no trend to #autonomous operation in privately-owned passenger vehicles, at least throughout this decade.
The standout sessions for me were Andre Seeck presenting "Euro NCAP - Protocol Updates and Roadmap 2030" and in particular the roadmap for Occupant Status Monitoring. Also Adriano Palao Bernal presenting "Euro NCAP In-Cabin Monitoring Assessment."
It is recommended that global #automakers and tier 1s take the time to watch these presentations on-line to understand the direction that Euro NCAP, For Safer Cars is headed for driver monitoring #DMS and occupant monitoring #OMS. The distinction between "owl" and "lizard" behavior in the 2023 test protocols, and points awarded for intervention and not just driver warning, will play a critical role in deciding the DMS contract awards this year and next.
Also highly informative was "Fit to Drive" by Dr. Annika Larsson from Arriver, who concluded: "We won’t be driving ourselves, but maybe the car won’t be driving itself either." That is perhaps the simplest and most accurate description of the automotive road ahead that I have heard yet.
Dr. Larsson also observed "Collaboration and augmented driving will be our future." This underscores the key role of human factors science and behavioral research to enable the vehicle to understand more about the "driver state."
I rarely get such insightful input directly from an automaker, but one conversation highlighted just how critical DMS now is in the #safety plans of that particular #OEM. It is reasonable to assume that this position is reflected at most, if not all, leading automakers, no doubt as a result of Euro NCAP. The contract announcements made to date for DMS/OMS don't yet reflect the scale of this trend, but that will likely change in the months ahead as awards are finally signed-off.
The conclusions from my presentation were:
*Humans will continue in the role of automation supervisor for decades, not years. Replacing humans as drivers is not an overnight trend.
*Making human drivers into safer drivers involves seeing, understanding and assisting humans. Expect to hear a lot more about human factors science in the months and years ahead.
*An alert, engaged, and unimpaired human driver is currently much safer than any machine driver.
I closed with the message: "Automakers, create headlines by announcing levels of driving automation and self-driving if you must. But if you are serious about road safety, then focus right now on #distraction, #drowsiness and #impairment. That’s the role of a DMS, which is why #driver #monitoring is the critical safety function."
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