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The United States has implemented several driver monitoring systems (DMS) regulations. In 2020, the SAFE (Stay Aware for Everyone) Act was introduced during the 116th Congress, directing the Secretary of Transportation to explore the use of DMS to mitigate or eliminate distractions for motor vehicle drivers.

Beyond regulatory mandates, IDTechEx has observed various initiatives from automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) aimed at integrating DMS and occupant monitoring systems (OMS). Notably, in the U.S., a coalition of automakers has voluntarily committed to incorporating rear-seat reminder systems in virtually every new car sold in the country by the 2025 model year, as indicated by two industry lobbying groups.

Additionally, in 2019, the U.S. Congress put forth the Hot Cars Act (Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats). This proposed legislation aims to mandate rear-seat occupant monitoring to prevent incidents of children being inadvertently left in hot vehicles.

China

China has issued several documents aimed at enhancing product safety management for autonomous driving functions. In 2020, the country introduced performance requirements and test methods for driver attention monitoring systems, encompassing experiments such as eye closure, yawning, head position, and cell phone usage. Subsequently, in October 2020, China officially released the recommended national standard GB/T 41797-2022, titled "Driver Attention Monitoring System (DAMS) Performance Requirements and Test Methods," which took effect in May 2023. This standard outlines five types of distracting behaviors and associated alert conditions. DAMS is required to incorporate, at a minimum, monitoring for the first three behavior types (eye closure, abnormal head posture, and answering phone calls). If DAMS includes monitoring for the last two behavior types (yawning and smoking), it must also satisfy the corresponding requirements.

Japan

Released in May 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) have jointly been advancing a series of validation tests to achieve automated driving mobility services since FY2021. One of the safety requirements is driver condition monitoring, where autonomous vehicles are required to monitor to see if the driver is ready to take over driving from the system and issue an alarm as necessary.

BOSTON, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Driver monitoring systems (DMS) have gained considerable momentum, driven by the escalating SAE autonomous driving levels and regulatory frameworks in key regions like the USA, Europe, China, Japan, and others. While DMS is not a novel concept, traditional DMS techniques typically rely on passive data sourced from advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), such as driving duration and lane-keeping. Although these conventional passive technologies offer simplicity and easy integration into vehicles, they are prone to generating false positives.

EU, China, and USA - Roadmap and Regulations for DMS. Source: IDTechEx

EU, China, and USA - Roadmap and Regulations for DMS. Source: IDTechEx

In contrast, emerging regulations, such as the advanced driver distraction warning (ADDW) mandated by the European Commission (EU), necessitate the incorporation of active monitoring to observe drivers' eye movements. This article aims to provide an overview of regulations across major regions, elucidating their impact on the adoption of DMS components. This article shares some of the research from the brand new IDTechEx market research report, "In-Cabin Sensing 2024-2034: Technologies, Opportunities and Markets".

Europe

Europe is among the regions with clearly defined regulations mandating the installation of vision-based Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS). Established in 2019 by the EU General Safety Regulation (GSR), all motor vehicles falling under categories M and N are required to be equipped with Driver Drowsiness and Attention Warning (DDAW) systems. This regulation applies to new types of vehicles from July 6, 2022, and to all new vehicles from July 7, 2024. Specifically, DDAW must identify driving and/or steering patterns indicative of a driver experiencing reduced alertness due to fatigue. It is designed to interact with and alert the driver through the vehicle's human-machine interface, primarily utilizing passive sensing technologies like steering patterns.

As regulations become more stringent, the EU introduced additional requirements. According to the second set of documents, all new types of vehicles must incorporate an Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW) system. This requirement is effective from mid-2024 for motor vehicles falling under categories M and N for new types and from July 7, 2026, for all new vehicles. In contrast to DDAW, which primarily monitors steering patterns, the ADDW system focuses on observing driver eye movements and issues warnings when distractions are detected.

Beyond the GSR, the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) mandates the inclusion of a direct DMS for a five-star rating. While both Euro NCAP and GSR necessitate DMS installation, Euro NCAP demands more detailed information to detect specific types of distractions, including short multiple distractions. In contrast, the GSR concentrates solely on the detection of prolonged distractions.

The activation of Assisted mode shall force the activation of DSM if the latter was

turned OFF whilst in Manual mode,

- After the DSM classifies the driver as unresponsive for a maximum of 3 times, the

Assisted mode shall be deactivated no later than 5 seconds after the driver is classified

as responsive (or at a timing deemed appropriate by the Vehicle Manufacturer), and it

shall not be possible to activate again for the remainder of the journey,

- The DSM during Assisted mode shall be functional in the same Distraction and Fatigue

driver states claimed functional in Manual mode,

Furthermore, it is acknowledged that DSM may also provide an opportunity to improve the

overall user experience while in Assisted mode by a context-based adjustment of the DSM

distraction warning strategy, as long as the safety benefit is kept. Therefore, DSM distraction

warning thresholds used in Manual mode may be relaxed during Assisted mode (fatigue

warnings/interventions shall not be relaxed in any case), provided that the following conditions

are met:

- Long distraction warning timing thresholds shall not be relaxed by more than 150%

(e.g., maximum of 4,5s. for a 3s. baseline case),

- The DSM distraction warning strategy shall be ODD-dependent (i.e., context-based:

vehicle speed and/or TTC of vehicles around),

- The DSM distraction warning strategy shall be the same as in Manual mode in at least

one of the designated ODD(s) where driver engagement is deemed critical (e.g.,

complex traffic situations).

https://www.euroncap.com/media/79863/euro-ncap-ad-test-and-assessment-protocol-v20.pdf

2.3 Driver Monitoring

The systems being tested are those that can be broadly grouped together as Assisted Driving

systems as defined by Euro NCAP, or as SAE Level 2. This means that the driver retains full

responsibility and shares control with the vehicle. Both vehicle and driver share OEDR and the

driver may not perform any secondary tasks over and above those permitted during normal

driving.

2.3.1 Hands-on monitoring

A total of 10 points are available for systems effective at monitoring driver engagement

through steering wheel activity:

2.3.1.1 Monitoring

Revision 4 of UN Regulation 79 defines a minimum requirement for interventions by the VUT

when steering control is released by the driver with steering assist active, the important points

to note are as follows:

- Optical warning no later than 15 seconds after steering control has been released.

- Acoustic warning & red optical warning no later than 30 seconds after steering

control has been released.

- System deactivated within 30 seconds of acoustic warning. An additional acoustic

warning is required (different from the previous) for at least 5s.

In addition, the Assisted mode shall be locked out for the remainder of the journey after a

maximum of 3 accumulated severe hands-off warnings. Severe hands-off shall be considered

as reaching the system deactivation phase, or at an earlier timing if the OEM deems it

appropriate (e.g., issuing acoustic warning & red optical warning + 5 seconds accounting for

response time).

The test laboratory shall run a confirmation test to assess whether the hands-on determination

requirements as set out above are met. This test can be completed concurrently with the

Unresponsive Driver Intervention assessment.

When the Regulation 79 compliance and misuse provisions are met, 5 points are scored.

2.3.1.2 Sensing

5 points are granted for robust sensing of hands-on steering wheel detection by means of

capacitive/direct sensing (i.e., not torque-based only sensing).

2.3.2 Direct Driver Monitoring

Direct DSM systems that monitor driver engagement and/or cognitive workload using cameras

and/or other sensors to check that the driver has “eyes-on” and/or “brain-on”, are eligible of

scoring a maximum of 15 points, provided that the preconditions listed in 2.3.2.1 are met.

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2.3.2.1 Preconditions

- The DSM shall be offered as an integral part of the Assisted Driving system (i.e., part of

the Assisted Driving package),

- It shall not be possible to activate Assisted mode if the DSM is not available due to a

complete blockage or system malfunction,

- The Assisted Driving system shall be deactivated no later than 10 seconds from the

point the DSM becomes unavailable due to a complete blockage or system

malfunction, and it shall not be possible to activate it again until the DSM becomes

available,

2 Assistance Competence - Driver Engagement

The Driver Engagement assessment consists of four elements:

- Consumer Information

- System Status

- Driver Monitoring

- Driving Collaboration

The following sections of the protocol describes the requirements and scoring for each of

these elements.

2.1 Consumer Information

Drivers expectations of how much assistance the system provides them may be influenced by

information they are supplied prior to them operating the system. It shall be clear to any

potential driver that the system is an assistance system only and that driver oversight is always

required. This assessment is designed to examine the information supplied to the consumer

relating to the assistance system.

2.1.1 System Name

When the Vehicle Manufacturer markets the longitudinal and lateral assistance systems under

a single name, this name shall be used. If the Vehicle Manufacturer markets the longitudinal

and lateral control systems separately, the name of each shall be assessed and the lowest of

the two scores shall be used.

A system name shall contain the word “assistant”, “assistance”, “assist” or another variationof

the term. If this is the case, 10 points are awarded.

The system name shall not contain the word “auto”, “automatic”, “automated”, any other

variation of the term or another term which is deemed to imply a level of automation higher

than which the system is offering. E.g. “pilot”, “self-drive”, etc.

Where a system’s name neither contains the term “assist” nor a variant of “auto” or “pilot”, 5

points are awarded.

2.1.2 Marketing Material

Euro NCAP cannot monitor and assess every piece of marketing material related to the VUT in

all countries where the system is sold. However, during the assessment, time will be taken to

review publicly available marketing material, relating to the system assessed and published by

the Vehicle Manufacturer. This will include, but is not limited to, television and radio

advertisements, vehicle brochures and online information, i.e. the Vehicle Manufacturer

website (search to include model and feature specific within the website and using the “build

your vehicle” service).

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Marketing material may not imply that the system offers a higher level of assistance than is

provided. Examples of this include descriptions of the system as an automated system, a pilot

or self-driving. Images of the driver with hands not touching the steering wheel or performing

secondary tasks over and above those permitted during normal driving, whilst the vehicle is in

motion, are another example.

Any feature describing higher function but clearly labelled as either “future tech” or “not

available in this region” or similar is allowed unless deliberately misleading i.e. use of the

function as a header.

In case marketing material correctly describes the system functionality, 5 points are awarded.

When one or more violati

Kudos to Ford Motor Company for taking the role of a #driver #monitoring #system #DMS in partial automation systems like #BlueCruise so seriously. In comparison, the DMS in Tesla #Autopilot comes in dead last. Slowly, global regulators and #safety agencies are waking up to the importance of DMS from suppliers like Seeing Machines and the need to monitor for #distraction, #drowsiness and driver #disengagement in all vehicles with four or more wheels. DMS is mandatory in new vehicle types sold in the EU from July 2024, and in all vehicles from July 2026.

Using Data and AI to Make Driving Safer

Driving is one of the most hazardous tasks humans do — and that includes commuting, client visits, or operating machinery at work. Driver fatigue significantly contributes to accidents, and that’s a major concern for transportation companies. Any operator of a vehicle, including heavy machinery, is potentially at risk for accidents.

Caterpillar and Australian firm Seeing Machines introduced a system to identify driver fatigue using eye and facial tracking. With this system, cameras, GPS, and accelerometers monitor eye and eyelid activity, even when drivers are wearing sunglasses. Sensors even monitor head positioning to identify times when fatigue has set in.

An alarm inside the truck is triggered if a driver's eyes stay shut for more than 1.6 seconds. A second alarm contacts a supervisor, and a third typically results in the driver being relieved of duty. The system, which can also detect when a driver is distracted, has reduced fatigue-related incidents by up to 90%.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/12/15/the-new-frontier-in-workplace-safety-data-analytics-and-ai/?ss=ai

For the first time in the Chevy Traverse’s history, Super Cruise will be available to equip. In fact, a majority of trim levels – including the LT, Z71 and RS – will have the ability to option the feature, while the base LS will not.

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/12/here-is-next-gen-2024-chevy-traverse-super-cruise-availability/#google_vignette

Last Year $35m RNS on 22nd Dec so Iam hoping a biggie drops next Week on Tues or Thurs :)

Leading software safety expert Dan O'Dowd explains why NHTSA's Tesla recall does not go far enough

Published: Dec. 14, 2023 at 7:54 AM EST|Updated: 5 hours ago

SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Software expert Dan O'Dowd, Founder of safety advocacy group The Dawn Project, has today commented on NHTSA's recall of over two million Tesla vehicles, saying that the recall does not go far enough to address critical safety issues in Tesla's self-driving software.

Commenting on NHTSA's recall, Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O'Dowd said:

"NHTSA's recall misses the point that Tesla must address and fix the underlying safety concerns that have been raised in regards to its self-driving software to prevent further deaths. Without addressing these critical safety issues, the public will continue to be crash test dummies for Tesla's self-driving experiment. The only way to protect road users is to ban Tesla's self-driving software. Minor software updates to Tesla's driver monitoring system will not be enough.

"This recall does not solve the underlying problems associated with Tesla's software - namely, that it does not fully recognize objects and does not stop for obstacles, like school buses and stop signs. Until we take this dangerous technology off the roads, and until Tesla stops testing its systems in real-life situations, we are continuing to needlessly put Americans at risk.

"NHTSA must now act swiftly to ban Tesla Full Self-Driving from public roads until all safety defects have been fixed. Allowing Tesla to issue a voluntary recall is completely inadequate and regulators must compel Tesla to fix these defects and set a deadline for determining whether Tesla has addressed these issues."

NHTSA's recall requiring improvements to Tesla's driver monitoring system comes following The Dawn Project's campaign to highlight serious concerns about this software.

The Dawn Project's tests revealed that Tesla's driver monitoring system did not detect an inattentive driver.

Videos of these tests can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPMoLmQgxTw

https://vimeo.com/845136440/3d980abdd7?share=copy

Astonishingly, the agency found no commercially available driver monitoring systems capable of accurately identifying alcohol impairment among the 331 systems evaluated. Stands out. I thought SEE was talking this last few years?

Embarking on a quest to combat the perils of drunk driving, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is accelerating efforts to introduce groundbreaking in-car technology. While the current tech, widely employed by auto giants like Ford and GM, has significantly improved driver attentiveness, the NHTSA aims higher—it's envisioning a future where cars actively prevent or minimize the impact of drunk driving incidents.

In a recent 99-page "advanced notice of proposed rulemaking," NHTSA laid out its roadmap toward mandating in-car technology capable of detecting alcohol impairment. This represents a crucial pit stop on the journey to drafting regulations that could reshape the future of road safety.

NHTSA's call to action is clear: it seeks input from the public to identify technologies that can effectively mitigate or prevent alcohol-related impairment. Astonishingly, the agency found no commercially available driver monitoring systems capable of accurately identifying alcohol impairment among the 331 systems evaluated.

https://technews180.com/now-in-road-safety-nhtsa-pioneers-tech-to-curb-drunk-driving/

Be good for us. BMW more than doubled China sales since 2016

2016 303,635 1.89 1.38 -16.45

2017 376,227 23.91 1.64 15.68

2018 464,580 23.48 2.10 21.97

2019 544,572 17.22 2.70 22.05

2020 611,113 12.22 3.27 17.60

2021 629,554 3.02 3.11 -5.02

2022 618,021 -1.83 2.99 -4.21

BEIJING: BMW Group has received a test license for level 3 autonomous driving on high-speed roads in Shanghai, the German automaker said on Thursday, a move closer to allowing driverless cars in the world’s largest auto market.

BMW will launch products equipped with L3 self-driving functionality when they can do so in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations, it said in a statement.

The new license would expand areas for BMW to carry out tests of advanced autonomous driving technologies in Shanghai.

BMW cars business gets earnings boost from price hikes

BMW obtained a license in 2018 that allowed it to run tests on 5.6 km (3.5 miles) of public roads in the city. China has been making policies to accelerate the mass adoption of autonomous driving technologies.

Earlier in December, China also issued safety guidelines for the use of autonomous vehicles in public transport.

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40278585/bmw-gains-test-license-for-l3-autonomous-driving-in-shanghai

In 1st place by a mile comes...

Cipia Vision Ltd

60.90 ILA

+33.90 (125.56%)past 6 months

Smart Eye AB (publ)

65.65 SEK

+24.85 (60.91%)past 6 months

Seeing Machines Ltd

5.20 GBX

-0.50 (-8.86%)past 6 months

Tobii AB

5.39 SEK

-12.88 (-70.50%)past 6 months

Look on bright side, although a very poor 3rd atm we could be Tobii shareholders instead....

The Driver Monitoring System uses a camera built into the instrument panel to monitor the driver's eyes and face. If it detects that the driver is drowsy, falling asleep, or simply not paying attention to the road ahead, it will sound a warning system and display an alert message on the information display panel.

https://www.chapelhouse.co.uk/about-us/blog/suzuki-unveils-the-all-new-swift/

River monitoring systems (DMS) have gained considerable momentum, driven by the escalating SAE autonomous driving levels and regulatory frameworks in key regions like the USA, Europe, China, Japan, and others. While DMS is not a novel concept, traditional DMS techniques typically rely on passive data sourced from advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), such as driving duration and lane-keeping. Although these conventional passive technologies offer simplicity and easy integration into vehicles, they are prone to generating false positives.

In contrast, emerging regulations, such as the advanced driver distraction warning (ADDW) mandated by the European Commission (EU), necessitate the incorporation of active monitoring to observe drivers' eye movements. This article aims to provide an overview of regulations across major regions, elucidating their impact on the adoption of DMS components. This article shares some of the research from the brand new IDTechEx market research report, "In-Cabin Sensing 2024-2034: Technologies, Opportunities and Markets".

https://www.idtechex.com/en/research-article/regulations-drivers-for-mandating-driver-monitoring-systems/30322

2023 has been an abysmal year for hashtag#autonomousdriving and the hashtag#AV sector in general. Cruise looks set to finish the year without a CEO and on life support, a hashtag#driverless car company with its driverless operations shut down. As the industry gets ready to convene in Vegas in January, here is my top hashtag#automotive prediction for hashtag#ces2024: A dramatic pivot to a focus on human driving, and of making human drivers safer.

We've already seen a first glimpse of this trend, with Valeo's "Smart Safety 360." As shown below, it is a one-stop shop comprising hashtag#ADAS cameras, a cabin camera for driver monitoring, and corner and front hashtag#radar, with ultrasonic sensors too. Expect to see multiple variants of this idea, focused on hashtag#vision and hashtag#radar, solving hashtag#OEMs problems for hashtag#ADAS and DMS in a complete solution.

Let's have some fun with an end-of year prediction. At CES, Mobileye announces EyeQ7 and finally gets the DMS side of human driving taken care of, with a dedicated hashtag#IP block for DMS. An obvious candidate is the hashtag#Occula hashtag#NPU from Seeing Machines, although a spicier prediction would be for a next generation NPU doing both hashtag#DMS and hashtag#OMS.

Let's assume Magna International is working on a similar solution to Valeo, but has all the chips for ADAS and cabin monitoring as well as a radar processor integrated within the rear view mirror. It isn't clear if that is even technically possible, but we will know either way in less than a month. Magna might use its in-house radar capability from Veoneer, but could there be a Mobileye radar processor coming at CES too?

What is clear is Valeo struck gold with its Smart Safety 360, so there will be competitors. Magna looks closest, but Aptiv, Bosch, Continental, Denso and ZF could have similar sensor fusion products, possibly using hashtag#CVflow processors from Ambarella Inc.

2024 looks set to be the year of a resurgence of interest in human driving, with driver monitoring systems finally having its day. CES starts Jan 9.

The 2024 edition of Semicast's report "ADAS & Automotive Vision-based Driver Monitoring Systems" is now published. Significant additional segmentation is added to the DMS/OMS analysis this year. This is summarized as follows:

- by movement detection into "Owl-only" and "Owl & Lizard" detection

- by feature set

- by processor type

- by CMOS image sensor location

- by CMOS image sensor resolution

- by driver and occupant monitoring

- by front-seat and whole-cabin monitoring

Message me for full details of the study. My inbox is open.

New solutions and approaches to training can help us maintain a safe working environment. In Indonesia, our teams have implemented a truck driver fatigue management system, using cameras in the cab to monitor driver fatigue across five of our operations.

https://www.cocacolaep.com/media/news/2023/embracing-technology-within-supply-chain-to-better-serve-our-customers/

Macnica,Inc. launches sales of Smart Eye's driver monitoring system equipped with AI that detects early signs of drowsiness and distraction in real time - Contributing to a society with zero traffic accidents by detecting driver conditions and actions -

Macnica, Inc. (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President CEO: Kazumasa Kazumasa Hara, hereinafter referred to as Macnica,Inc.) is an after-sales service for vehicles developed by Smart Eye AB. (Headquarters: Sweden, CEO: Martin Krantz, hereinafter referred to as Smart Eye). We are pleased to announce that we have concluded a distributorship agreement in Japan for the driver monitoring system "AIS" (Applied AI System) for the market and will begin selling it.

Recently, efforts to create a ``society with zero traffic accidents'' have become active. In the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Basic Traffic Safety Plan * 1, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism states, ``1. Aiming to realize the world's safest road traffic, we will reduce the number of fatalities in 24 hours to 2,000 or less by 2020. 2. Reiwa 7 The goal is to reduce the number of seriously injured people to 22,000 or less by the end of the year, and efforts to create a society with zero traffic accidents are expected to accelerate.

In addition, ``distracted driving'' and ``distracted driving'' are among the top causes of traffic accidents, and ``inattention to the road ahead'' is said to be the number one cause of traffic accidents on expressways. Among these, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has also formulated guidelines *2 for a ``driver monitoring system that detects driver drowsiness and inattentiveness.''

Smart Eye's driver monitoring system "AIS", which is now available at Macnica,Inc., is an in-vehicle camera equipped with AI-based monitoring software that analyzes subtle changes in the driver's gaze, head movements, facial expressions, fatigue, and alertness. To do. By detecting early signs of drowsiness and inattention in real time, it can quickly notify drivers, encourage safe driving, and prevent dangerous situations. The software used in this system has now shipped over 1 million units both domestically and internationally.

https://www.macnica.co.jp/en/public-relations/news/2023/144533/

From SEE HQ.....

Put Xmas tree up & Decorations

Buy the Xmas BBQ stuff

Wrap presents

Issue the RNSs B4 24th dEC