Beyond Distracted Driving: Tesla’s Driver Monitoring System Aims To Save Kids Left in Hot Cars29 Apr 2021 10:34
Good thing is Tesla bringing DMS & OMS into the mainstream. Any researcher from a fund will soon realise SEE is where its happening.
With the automotive industry focusing on safety and autonomy, Tesla hopes its new DMS mmWave sensor will help prevent, not only distracted driving but children from being left in hot cars.
The result is that, even when the vehicle is in autonomous mode, drivers are still required to be fully alert and attentive, ready to take over the wheel at a moment’s notice. For this reason, many vehicle makers are beginning to develop and install driver monitoring systems (DMS) into their vehicles, which track things such as driver eye position and body language to determine whether or not the driver is focused on the road.
While Tesla already has some level of DMS in their vehicles, they’ve recently received approval from the FCC for a new mmWave sensor technology which they believe will increase safety in more ways than one.
DMS at a Lower Level
To achieve DMS functions generally requires the system to consist of several key hardware blocks. These often include a camera module, RF sensors, biometric sensors, and a dedicated processor (normally an SoC or ASIC). While the components are not necessarily unique, designing with them in an automotive environment can present many challenges.