Dr Mike type info12 Jun 2019 14:18
As the incremental expansion of scope of use and operating domain continues, the automated system and the driver will be increasingly work together. As a result, we are now entering the era of human machine cooperation. There will be frequent occurrences of controlled handover from the vehicle to the driver when the vehicle identifies conditions outside its scope of use or operating domain, and the driver will continue trying to transfer control to the vehicle wherever possible. In addition, system failures are inevitable, and any system failure will also require the vehicle to transfer control to the driver. In all these situations the system will need to safely hand back control to the driver and therefore will need to know the cognitive state of the driver.
Into this tricky gap between man and machine is where the "Cognition Layer" comes in. The "Cognition Layer" is a software layer that can be installed on top of any existing Driver Monitoring System (DMS) and is a critical addition to the DMS rather than a replacement for it. The DMS is an essential element and provides monitoring of the driver’s “physical layer” by monitoring driver out of position, driver identification, driver hands on wheel detection, together with essential head and eye tracking. Using imperceptible signals and response tracking technology used to measure cognition in coma patients, the "Cognition Layer" goes a step beyond the driver's physical state and measures their actual mental state.
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/28478/to-save-lives-with-automation-look-to-the-human-brain